Ethiopic Historiographical Texts
Textual Transmission, Edition, Translation, and Interpretation
Edited by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene
Paperback (Published)
(October 2025)
ISBN: 9783447124645
6.69 x 9.45 inches
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Ethiopic Historiographical Texts contains selected papers, which were first presented at the International Workshop on Ethiopic Historiographical Texts, held at the University of Hamburg from June 29-30, 2023. The workshop was part of the DFG-funded project The Chronicle of King Sarda Dangal (r. 1563-1597). The contributions, which cover the period from the 14th to the 20th-century, examine royal chronicles, universal histories, a 19th-century Amharic chronicle, oral and written historiography, and archival materials. Edited by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene, the volume also explores the textual tradition of royal historiography, offers methodological reflections on the editing of such works, and examines the translation of historical texts in the late 19th-century under imperial patronage. The studies reassess earlier editions from the perspective of modern textual criticism, introduce newly identified manuscript evidence, and shed new light on the function, structure, and historical significance of Ethiopic historiography, while also considering its connections to liturgical literature and oral tradition.
- Edited by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene
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Ecclesiastic Landscape of North Ethiopia
Proceedings of the International Workshop, Ecclesiastic Landscape of North Ethiopia: History, Change and Cultural Heritage Hamburg, July 15-16, 2011
Volume 2
Studies on the Ethiopic Old Testament
Prolegomena to a Critical Edition of the Jeremiah Cycle
Volume 11
Veneration of Saints in Christian Ethiopia
Proceedings of the International Workshop Saints in Christian Ethiopia: Literary Sources and Veneration, Hamburg, April 28-29, 2012
Volume 3
Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies
Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa. Hamburg, 17-19 July 2014
Volume 4
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