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The Ethiopian Homily on the Ark of the Covenant
Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Dǝrsanä Ṣǝyon
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Amsalu Tefera
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English, Multiple languages
Published/Copyright:
2015
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In The Ethiopian Homily on the Ark of the Covenant, Amsalu Tefera offers an editio princeps of the Ethiopic text of Dǝrsanä Ṣǝyon together with an annotated English translation. This homily, most likely composed in the fifteenth century, links the term Zion with the Ark of the Covenant and recounts at length its wanderings from Sinai to Ethiopia. As a Christian document, many of the events are interpreted as symbolic of Mary and the heavenly New Jerusalem.
First edited by the author for his 2011 doctoral dissertation, the critical text and apparatus present a complete collation of the ten known witnesses to this homily. Detailed notes are supplied on significant and difficult terms in the translation.
First edited by the author for his 2011 doctoral dissertation, the critical text and apparatus present a complete collation of the ten known witnesses to this homily. Detailed notes are supplied on significant and difficult terms in the translation.
Author / Editor information
Amsalu Tefera, Ph.D. (2011), Addis Ababa University, is an Assistant Professor of Philology at the same university. He has published two books in Amharic and several articles in Western academic journals.
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eBook published on:
August 31, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9789004297180
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Main content:
288
eBook ISBN:
9789004297180
Audience(s) for this book
Specialists and students researching Ethiopian biblical interpretation and traditions about the Ark of the Covenant, and anyone interested in Ethiopian Christian literature.
