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Ethiopian studies in honour of Amha Asfaw
- Title
- Ethiopian studies in honour of Amha Asfaw / Getatchew Haile.
- Author
- Getatchew Haile, 1931-2021
- Publication
- New York : [publisher not identified], 2017.
- Lexington, KY : [manufacturer not identified], 2017.
- ©2017
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- Additional Authors
- ʼĀmhā ʼĀsfāw
- Description
- xvii, 475, [1] pages : illustratons; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This volume contains a collection of articles, written over a period of ten years, which address different aspects of the literary tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Most are editions of texts and their translations. These include new sources on the continuous controversy surrounding the meaning of Christ's Unction, a lengthy study on symbolism in the Church's ritual, the Vision of Baruch, and a compilation of different sources on Priest Yared the Musician and his works. ...author's original contributions..., such as the authorship of the Ethiopic anaphoras and the Ḥatäta "Discourse" of Zar'a Yaʻāqob."--Title page verso.
- Subject
- Zareʼa Yāʻeqob, active 17th century
- Yāréd, Saint, active 6th century
- YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān > Doctrines
- YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān > Liturgy
- YaʼItyopỵā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
- Ethiopian literature > Criticism and interpretation
- Liturgics
- Theology, Doctrinal
- Note
- "...dedicated to Amha Asfaw...(b. July 14, 1947)..."--page xiv.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- English texts introduce, translate and comment on a variety of Ethiopian texts.
- Contents
- An eighteenth-century Amharic poetic prose on the life of Christ -- On the authorship of Ethiopian anaphoras -- The architectural design of ancient churches: according to a miracle of the twenty-four elders of heaven -- The discourse of Wärqe commonly known as Ḥatäta zä-Zärʼa a Ya ʻeqob -- Treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria on the incarnation -- An Amharic study on the liturgy and symbolism of the Ethiopian church -- An 'old' Amharic commentary on the genealogy of Christ -- Two Amharic versions of one essay in defense of the Tawahedo faith -- Lamentation of the soul (Säqoqawä Näfs) -- A text in defense of tabots and icons in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church -- Some notes on priest Yared and his contributions -- A page from the histoy of Däbrä Libanos of Sawa -- The Ethiopian vision of Baruk -- The Ethiopian vision of Baruk.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 22-9793
- ISBN
- 9780970666383
- 0970666381
- LCCN
- 2017909150
- OCLC
- 992805109
- Author
- Getatchew Haile, 1931-2021, author.
- Title
- Ethiopian studies in honour of Amha Asfaw / Getatchew Haile.
- Publisher
- New York : [publisher not identified], 2017.
- Manufacturer
- Lexington, KY : [manufacturer not identified], 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- English texts introduce, translate and comment on a variety of Ethiopian texts.
- Added Author
- ʼĀmhā ʼĀsfāw, honoree.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 22-9793