Jonadob Nathaniel

Jonadob pursued graduate studies in sciences^[5] from the Madras University and proceeded to the Union Biblical Seminary,^[5] Pune where he studied a bachelors course under C. V. Mathew.^[8]

For postgraduate studies, Jonadob joined the United Theological College, Bangalore^[5] where he specialised in New Testament during 1988–1990^[9] under Professor K. James Carl and M. V. Abraham and undertook a dissertation entitled The background and use of the term "Mysterion" in the Pauline Corpus^[10] and was awarded an M. Th. degree by Senate of Serampore College (University) in its annual convocation by then Registrar, D. S. Satyaranjan. During Jonadob's study period in Bangalore, his other companions included B. D. Prasad Rao, H. R. Cabral and Daniel Sadananda.^[9] Jonadob also pursued doctoral studies at the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology in Manila.^[5]

In 1990, Jonadob became Translations Advisor at the Bible Society of India, Bangalore working together with John Philipose, then Director-Translations followed by the G. D. V. Prasad. As part of the Translations, Jonadob used to review the new and modern translations throughout India and also used to visit the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary in Secunderabad together with Graham Ogden, liaising with the Old Testament Scholar, Rev. G. Babu Rao, Coordinator of the Telugu Old Testament Common Language Translation Project of the Bible Society of India.

After nearly two-decades as Translation Adviser, Jonadob Nathaniel was made Director-Translations in 2011 succeeding G. D. V. Prasad and continues to take forward the translation work with a new impetus with an able translation team comprising Premraj Nag^[11] and N. Subramani.^[12] Moreover, the present General Secretary Mani Chacko hails from the clergy and also happens to be an Old Testament Scholar.

Further reading

• Zaihmingthanga (Compiled) (1991). "Thesis Titles". Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• K. M. Hiwale (Compiled) (1998). "Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)