German Danish missionary Christian Friedrich Schwartz arrived India 1750, translating Bible into Tamil completed 1775. Schwartz learned Tamil script and language, created Tamil-English dictionary, and established Tamil printing presses in Tanjore. His missionary linguistics included Tamil grammar books, educational texts, and religious literature. This translation occurred during British colonial period in southern India. Tamil Bible became foundation for Tamil Christian literary development and religious poetry among Tamil Christian communities in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Bible translation established Tamil Christian literary vocabulary, enabling Tamil Christian poetry adapting traditional Tamil poetic forms (including sangam poetry styles) for Christian themes. The translation influenced modern Tamil Christian writers and religious poetry production. Tamil Bible became foundation for Christian Tamil literary tradition, with biblical imagery entering modern Tamil poetry including works by Tamil Christian poets in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.