Ethiopic Bible and Related Literature

Edited by Daniel Assefa, Antonella Brita, Aaron Butts, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, and Loren Stuckenbruck

The transmission of biblical literature based in the Horn of Africa has long been recognized as significant for the study of traditions that reach back to the Second Temple Judaism, the New Testament, and emerging forms of Christianity. The vast manuscript tradition, preserved in Ge'ez and contemporary languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya, also reflects characteristic ways biblical writings were and are being received in religious communities today. 

In bringing together the unique contributions offered by the transmission of Christian and Jewish traditions in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopic Bible and Related Literature (EBRL) is established to offer the fruit of research in what has become a fast-developing area of study, as the evidence for sacred writing and its interpretation has significantly grown in recent years. In view of this development, the volumes in EBRL fill the need for critical editions as well as for the presentation of interpretive materials, some for the first time and others based on important evidence more recently available. In particular, the series cover the following areas: (a) biblical and related writings in Ge'ez that include the broader biblical corpus for which the manuscript traditions based in the Horn of Africa are known; (b) editions of the vast corpus of biblical interpretation in Ge'ez, Amharic and Tigrinya, whether transmitted in the Ethiopian or Eritrean Orthodox traditions or the Jewish Beta Israel community; (c) critical translations of this literature; and (d) interpretations that take paratexts and artistic representations found in manuscripts as their point of departure. 

Contact:
Tobias Stäbler (staebler@mohrsiebeck.com) 

ISSN: 3053-3945 / eISSN: 3053-3953 - Suggested citation: EBRL