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  2. Bible translations into Amharic - Wikipedia

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    The Biblica translation of the Bible is for the Amharic language, which is primarily used in Ethiopia. This translation uses an informal language style and applies a meaning-based translation philosophy. It is translated from the biblical languages. The Old Testament was completed in 2001 and the New Testament in 1988. [16]

  3. Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon - Wikipedia

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    The Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

  4. Bible translations into Geʽez - Wikipedia

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    Bible translations into Geʽez, an ancient South Semitic language of the Ethiopian branch, date back to the 6th century at least, making them one of the world's oldest Bible translations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Translations of the Bible in Ge'ez , in a predecessor of the Ge'ez script which did not possess vowels, were created between the 5th and 7th ...

  5. Ebed-Melech - Wikipedia

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    The name Ebed-Melech combines the Hebrew words servant and king, but scholars disagree on whether this combination is intended to be a title or personal name. [3] He served in the palace of Zedekiah, King of Judah during the Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE). The text states that he was a Cushite. [4]

  6. Bible translations into the languages of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Oromo is one of the many languages of Ethiopia. The New Testament was published in 1893, the complete Bible in 1899, the work of Aster Ganno and Onesimos Nesib. A new translation of the entire Bible was published by the Ethiopian Bible Society in 1992. Johann Ludwig Krapf – Anglican, parts into Oromo, Amharic, Nyika (Rabai) and Kamba.

  7. Geʽez script - Wikipedia

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    It originated as an abjad (consonantal alphabet) and was first used to write the Geʽez language, now the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Catholic Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, and Haymanot Judaism of the Beta Israel Jewish community in Ethiopia.

  8. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Biblical names in their native languages; English name Type of proper noun Start year (approximate) End year (approximate) Native language name Andrew of Bethsaida (Son of Jonah & Joanna) An apostle of Jesus Person AD 5: AD 65: Andrew Koinē Greek: Ἀνδρέας Pronunciation: Awn-dray-yiss Andrew of Bethsaida Greek: Ανδρέας της ...

  9. Ethiopian manuscript collections - Wikipedia

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    Cowley spent 15 years in Ethiopia as an Anglican missionary and teacher, during which time he assembled a collection of Biblical commentaries in Amharic. [27] His MSS consist of copies on paper commissioned by Cowley and executed during the years 1967-77 (except for numbers 19-61, 32, 37, 40-42 and 44 which are copies made at different times in ...