The Comprehensive Ethiopian Bible in English: 80 Books: Complete Encyclopedia, Including the Deuterocanonical Apocrypha, Enoch, Jubilees and the Lost Writings
About this ebook
For more than sixteen centuries the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has kept the largest Bible in Christianity. It includes the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees, which survive complete only in Ethiopia. This edition gathers 80 books into one volume in the Ethiopian order, so you can read that Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
WHAT’S INSIDE
The Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees, in R. H. Charles’s classic translations from the Ethiopic
Ezra Sutuel (4 Ezra), Second Ezra, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah
Proverbs divided into the two Ethiopian books, Messale and Tagsas, and Psalm 151
The Prayer of Manasseh and the Greek additions to Esther and Daniel
1 and 2 Maccabees and the Latin chapters of 2 Esdras, for comparison and study
The full Old and New Testaments in the unaltered King James text
MADE TO BE READ
A short introduction to every book, explaining what it contains and why it matters in Ethiopia
A reader’s guide to the Ethiopian canon: why it is counted as 81 or 88 books, and what this edition does and does not include
Clickable contents and chapter links that reach any book or chapter in seconds
More than 280 photographs, including the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, the castles of Gondar and Ethiopian Orthodox worship
HONEST ABOUT ITS SOURCES
Every text is a recognised public-domain translation, named in the book. The three books of Meqabyan and the church-order books of the broader canon have no English translation that is free to reprint. The book says so plainly rather than padding the count.
Whether you are discovering Enoch for the first time, studying the roots of Ethiopian Christianity, or looking for a Bible that includes the books Western Bibles set aside, this edition brings the Ethiopian Bible together in one place.
