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Seventeen - Ethiopia

Christianity, Language, and Identity

from III - Languages, Confessions, Empire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2024

By
George Hatke
Edited by
Elizabeth S. Bolman ,
Scott Fitzgerald Johnson  and
Jack Tannous
Elizabeth S. Bolman
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
Jack Tannous
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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Summary

Ethiopia is home to a unique Christian culture dating back to Late Antiquity. Even after the Ethiosemitic language of Gəʿəz died out as a spoken language after the collapse of the kingdom of Aksum, it remained for centuries and, indeed, down to the present, as one of the mainstays of the Ethiopian Church. This ancient culture has been shaped by such historical factors as the kingdom of Aksum and its contact with the Roman Empire, relations between medieval Ethiopia and the Coptic Church of Egypt, and political events within Ethiopia. In the course of its long history, the Ethiopian Church has not only produced a vast literature of its own but has also preserved translations of literature now lost in its original language.

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EthiopiaGəʿəzChristianityAksummanuscript culture
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Worlds of Byzantium
Religion, Culture, and Empire in the Medieval Near East
 , pp. 558 - 589
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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