The Disputed Life of the Saintly Ethiopian Kings ʾAbrǝhā and ʾAṣbǝḥa


The discovery of an Amharic document written by a church scholar from the monastery of Dimā Giyorgis in Eastern Goǧǧām (Ethiopia) throws fresh light on the circumstances and disputes behind the composition of the Life of the Ethiopian twin brother kings ʾAbrǝhā and ʾAṣbǝḥa, as well as on the Dǝrsāna...

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Main Author: Hummel, Susanne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2016
In: Scrinium
Year: 2016, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-72
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBL Near East and North Africa
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B Ethiopic hagiography
 philology
 Aksum
 Dimā Giyorgis
 Marṭula Maryam
 Uriel

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