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Thomas Stephens (c. 1549–1619) was an English Jesuit priest and missionary in Portuguese India, writer and linguist (focusing on Marathi and Konkani). Father Thomas Stephens, educated at Oxford, was one of the earliest Western Christian missionaries to India. He, along with Roberto Nobili, helped in converting the top class of Indian Society by adopting local practices and writing books in local languages, to appeal to the local people. He is famous for having written the Krista Purana (Story of Christ).

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  • Thomas Stephens (connu également comme Tomás Estêvão ou Padre Esteban), né vers 1549 à , dans le Wiltshire (Angleterre) et décédé en 1619 à Salcete (Goa), en Inde, était un prêtre et missionnaire jésuite anglais. Linguiste et bon connaisseur de la langue konkani il composa dans le style des puranas hindous une épopée racontant de manière lyrique toute l’histoire biblique, culminant en la vie de Jésus-Christ: le ‘Christa Purana’. (fr)
  • Thomas Stephens (c. 1549–1619) was an English Jesuit priest and missionary in Portuguese India, writer and linguist (focusing on Marathi and Konkani). Father Thomas Stephens, educated at Oxford, was one of the earliest Western Christian missionaries to India. He, along with Roberto Nobili, helped in converting the top class of Indian Society by adopting local practices and writing books in local languages, to appeal to the local people. He is famous for having written the Krista Purana (Story of Christ). (en)
  • Thomas Stephens (c.1549 – 1619) foi um padre inglês e missionário jesuíta na Índia portuguesa, escritor e linguista (com foco no marata e concani). Educado em Oxford, o padre Thomas Stephens foi um dos primeiros missionários cristãos ocidentais na Índia. Ele, com Roberto Nobili, ajudou a converter a classe superior da sociedade indiana ao adotar as práticas locais e ao escrever livros nas línguas indianas. Stephens produziu o Krista Purana (História de Cristo), enquanto se considera que Noibli escreveu Ezourvedam - uma adaptação do Iajurveda em Tâmil, apresentando Cristo (Ezous) ao leitor em termos do sistema de crenças indiano da época. (pt)
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  • Thomas Stephens (connu également comme Tomás Estêvão ou Padre Esteban), né vers 1549 à , dans le Wiltshire (Angleterre) et décédé en 1619 à Salcete (Goa), en Inde, était un prêtre et missionnaire jésuite anglais. Linguiste et bon connaisseur de la langue konkani il composa dans le style des puranas hindous une épopée racontant de manière lyrique toute l’histoire biblique, culminant en la vie de Jésus-Christ: le ‘Christa Purana’. (fr)
  • Thomas Stephens (c. 1549–1619) was an English Jesuit priest and missionary in Portuguese India, writer and linguist (focusing on Marathi and Konkani). Father Thomas Stephens, educated at Oxford, was one of the earliest Western Christian missionaries to India. He, along with Roberto Nobili, helped in converting the top class of Indian Society by adopting local practices and writing books in local languages, to appeal to the local people. He is famous for having written the Krista Purana (Story of Christ). (en)
  • Thomas Stephens (c.1549 – 1619) foi um padre inglês e missionário jesuíta na Índia portuguesa, escritor e linguista (com foco no marata e concani). Educado em Oxford, o padre Thomas Stephens foi um dos primeiros missionários cristãos ocidentais na Índia. Ele, com Roberto Nobili, ajudou a converter a classe superior da sociedade indiana ao adotar as práticas locais e ao escrever livros nas línguas indianas. Stephens produziu o Krista Purana (História de Cristo), enquanto se considera que Noibli escreveu Ezourvedam - uma adaptação do Iajurveda em Tâmil, apresentando Cristo (Ezous) ao leitor em termos do sistema de crenças indiano da época. (pt)
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  • Thomas Stephens (fr)
  • Thomas Stephens (pt)
  • Thomas Stephens (Jesuit) (en)
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