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The Mirror of Intelligence and the Controversy on Christ’s Unction in the Ethiopian Church
Full text linkThe present article examines the theological treatise The Mirror of Intelligence within the context of the controversy about Christ’s unction in the Ethiopian Church during the seventeenth century. The introductory section offers an overview of the early phase of the debate, presenting the diverse positions involved and tracing the evolution of the theological dispute. The subsequent two sections delve into the use of rhetorical devices in The Mirror of Intelligence and other contemporary theological works. Through this analysis, the article explores the intersection of creativity and religious reflection in literary production, shedding light on the pivotal role of figurative language as a medium of theological discourse
In Search of Zärʾa Yaʿqob: A Study of the Philosophy and Intellectual History of the Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿqob and the Debate Concerning its Authorship
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Islamic Law, Linguistic Complexity and Scientific Knowledge: A Note on an Arabic Zoological List from Ethiopia
Full text linkIn the present article a list of Arabic animal names copied in a codex kept in a collection in the town of Agaro (Jimma Zone, Oromia Region) is published and analyzed. Together with the Arabic words, the short text contains also explicatory glosses and translations into Amharic and Oromo. The authors describe the origin and the function of the text, setting it into the wider framework of the production of lists and glossaries in the manuscript traditions of Ethiopia. They then study the structure and content of the list from zoological and linguistic points of view, highlighting the interpretational issues that the author of the text had to face and solve
The Historical Geography of Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jewish) Involvement in the Conflict between the Solomonic Kingdom and the Forces of Imām Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ġāzī
Full text linkThe Səmen Mountains, the core region of Betä Ǝsraʾel political autonomy (fourteenth–seventeenth century), played a key role in the sixteenth-century conflict between the Solomonic Kingdom and the forces of Imām Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ġāzī. While the involvement of the autonomous Betä Ǝsraʾel in this conflict has been addressed in scholarship, the sites associated with this involvement had not been accurately pinpointed. In 1959, Charles Fraser Beckingham published an article, in which he traced geographical aspects of the campaigns of 1542 waged as part of the above-mentioned conflict. A key site which he addressed was the ‘Mountain of the Jews’. This stronghold played a key role in these campaigns, and within it, the Solomonic monarchy found a safe haven and a base from which to launch the war to re-take the northern Ethiopian Highlands. Beckingham correctly suggested a general location for this stronghold but was unable to locate it with precision due to lack of detailed geographical information on the eastern Səmen Mountains. Based on a detailed examination of historical and modern maps, satellite images, and information posted on social media, this study suggests an exact location for this stronghold and other sites mentioned in the context of Betä Ǝsraʾel involvement in the conflict in question. This enables this involvement to be re-evaluated and better understood in light of the precise geographical context of the events in question
Review of DAVIDE CHINIGÒ, Everyday Practices of State Building in Ethiopia: Power, Scale, Performativity
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La destrucción patrimonial durante la guerra entre el sultanato de Bar Saʿad ad-Dīn y el reino cristiano de Etiopía (1529–1543)
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Review of MARIE HUBER, Developing Heritage—Developing Countries: Ethiopian NationBuilding and the Origins of UNESCO World Heritage, 1960–1980
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Bibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic Linguistics XXVII: 2023
Full text linkBibliography of Ethiopian Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic Linguistics XXVII: 202
