Disraeli, Benjamin 77
Dissident reading 140
Diatessaron 54
Driver, S. R. 157
Dubois, Abbe
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A. J. 26, 178
Duff, Alexander 64, 87
English Bible
books about 225
nationalism 227
proliferation of 226
see also Bibles, King James Version
empires
ancient 1–2
books about 223–5
new 223, 224
Endo, Shusako 22
Essays and Reviews 94, 95, 140
Ferguson, Niall 190, 223
Frazer, James George 160
Gandhi, M. K. 145, 156
Goreh, Nehmiah 141
Haroun and the Sea of Stories 231
Heart of Darkness 91
Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament)
and Chinese Christians 145
on empires 189
Gikuyu use of 156–7
and William Jones 147–50
and missionaries 156–7
rearrangement of 155, 157
see also Chenchiah, Arumuka Pillai,
Arumainayagam and Humiliation Day
sermons
Horton, R. F. 157, 158, 159
Hudson, Dennis 174
Humiliation Day sermons
appropriation of Bible 94
attitude to Bible 91
–2
blaming victims 75–6
British as new instrument of God 71
British as new Israel 71–2
hermeneutical approaches 93–4
on India 81–2
Indian soldiers 82–3
Indian voices 83
mutiny as divine retribution 72
natives as corrupt 82
remedy for rebellion 84–5
sins of British 73–5
types of biblical interpretation 92–3
use of Old Testament 88–90
identity hermeneutics 188
Isa Upanishad 29–31
Ignatief, Michael 223
Indian revolt 1857 (Mutiny) 193, 223
causes of 61–3
and Indian Christians 95
as seditious 83
as war of independence 63
Jefferson, Thomas
and Bible 46–7, 50–1
on Christian dogmas 39–41
and clergy 20, 42–3
on colonialism 49
commissioning of disciples 27–8
intellectual background of 53–4
miracles 29
–31
portrayals of Jesus 31–8
representation of biblical women 23–4
on Sermon on the Mount 17–19
on Trinity 39
see also Life and Morals of Jesus
Jones, William
see also Hebrew scriptures
Jowett, Benjamin 140
Kenyatta, Jomo 156
King James Version
and colonial rule 2, 226–7
Kulendran, S. 166
Lapham, Henry 156, 158
Laws of Manu 184
Life and Morals of Jesus
contents of 15–17
development of 13–15
purpose of 12–13
reception history of 10–11
see also Jefferson
Livingstone, David 81, 201
Long, James
audience 101
on Bengali culture 134
on Bible 107
Bible as oriental book 107
on critical methods 118
function of proverbs 124–5
on Indian Mutiny 143
methods of teaching Bible 118–21
on plight of indigo workers 98
portrayals of Jesus 129–31, 132
privileging proverbs 121–4
246 Index of names and subjects