Dharmakkan Dhanaraj

Dhanaraj's demise comes close on the heels of the notable Old Testament Scholar, Bishop emeritus Samuel Amirtham, CSI, who departed during the last week of September 2017.

[19] Ellen T. Charry observes that Dhanaraj divided Psalm 3 into three segments depending on point of view taken by the speaker,[20] a fact reiterated by John J.

[21] Further, Dhanaraj's research work has been held in nearly 75[22] library holdings ranging from Seminaries to state universities[22] and National libraries[22] across[22] Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America and has been referred by many Scholars over the years' including his Doktorvater, After initial graduate studies at the CSI-American College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu where Dhanaraj pursued studies in sciences leading to B.Sc.

Dhanaraj then underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1970 and 1974[10] during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran, CSI, studying for a Bachelor of Divinity (B. D.) under faculty comprising The Rev.

[36] During Dhanaraj's second period of studies at Bangalore between 1976 and 1978, his graduate companions included S. W. Meshack, IELC, M. Mani Chacko, CSI, K. David Udayakumar, SALC and others.

The University of Hamburg where Dhanaraj began his research studies in 1979.
University of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony which awarded the doctoral degree to Dhanaraj in 1988.
Karnataka Theological College , Mangalore where Dhanaraj taught for more than three decades.