On the Dating of the Ethiopian Dynastic Treatise Kǝbrä nägäśt: New Evidence


The present article argues the garbled text of the Lev. 18:8 as found in the Ethiopian dynastic treatise Kǝbrä nägäśt to be intentional. It refers to the conflict between the King of Ethiopia ‘Amdä Ṣǝyon I (1314–1344) and the Däbrä Libanos monastic congregation. The author argues that the second hal...

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Main Author: Frantsouzoff, Serge A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2016
In: Scrinium
Year: 2016, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-24
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HB Old Testament
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KBL Near East and North Africa
KDF Orthodox Church
Further subjects:B Ethiopian Christian state
 monarchy and monasticism in medieval Ethiopia
 Solomonic dynasty
 King ‘Amdä Ṣǝyon I
 dynastic treatise Kǝbrä nägäśt
 Ethiopic version of the Bible

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