Bible canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians count 81 books in their Bible canon .

The canon

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians use the phrase "81 books" to refer to their Bible. However, the way in which this number should be achieved remains unclear. The canon lists vary. The main sources for determining the binding Ethiopian Orthodox Bible canon are the Sinodos , the canon law book Fetha Negest , commentaries on these works and prayer books. Depending on the way in which the biblical canon is determined, a “broader canon” and a “narrower canon” can be distinguished. Today's print editions in everyday use in Ethiopia consistently follow the narrow canon.

The "broader canon" names the following books in addition to the Latin canon (some of which are counted as several books):

The "narrower canon" comprises the books of the New Testament that are generally accepted as canonical and contains 54 books of the Old Testament , including the books:

Enoch,
Anniversaries,
Wisdom ,
Esra ,
Ezra Apocalypse,
1st and 2nd Maccabees ,
Judith ,
Tobit ,
Jesus Sirach ,
Baruch ,
the "rest of Jeremiah ",
the "rest of Daniel ",
Susanna .

In addition, the Book of Proverbs is counted as two books ( Messale corresponds to Pr 1–24; Tägsas corresponds to Pr 25–31).

Individual evidence

↑ (The old Ethiopian version of the Book of Enoch is the only complete surviving.)
↑ The only thing the Ethiopian Maccabees have in common with the books of the same name in other Bibles is the title, they differ completely in terms of content.
↑ The only thing the Ethiopian Maccabees have in common with the books of the same name in other Bibles is the title, they differ completely in terms of content.

Web links

literature

Robert Bleylot (Ed.): Testamentum Domini éthiopien. Peeters, Louvain 1984
Andreas Juckel: Bible translations. In: Religion Past and Present . 4th edition, Tübingen, 1998
Edward Ullendorf: Ethiopia and the Bible. Oxford University Press for the British Acadademy, London 1968 ( Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archeology ), 1967
Roger W. Cowley: The Biblical Canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church today . In: Ostkirchliche Studien 23, 1974, ISSN 0030-6487 , pp. 318-323.

[1] (The old Ethiopian version of the Book of Enoch is the only complete surviving.)

[2] The only thing the Ethiopian Maccabees have in common with the books of the same name in other Bibles is the title, they differ completely in terms of content.

[3] The only thing the Ethiopian Maccabees have in common with the books of the same name in other Bibles is the title, they differ completely in terms of content.