The Colloquy of Moses with God on Mount Sinai - ܟܕ ܣܠܩ ܡܘܫܐ ܢܒܝܐ ܠܛܘܪܐ ܕܢܡܠܠ ܥܡ ܐܠܗܐ

A book of the Beta Israel Secondary Canon.
A work first composed in Syriac or Arabic, in a Christian or Muslim version. Later translated to Ge'ez, first in Christian and later Beta Israel versions.

Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Nägära Musē or Gädlä Musē:
Beta Israel version
- in Ge'ez
ገደለ ፡ ሙሴ ።
(no printed edition appears to exist,
however, a French translation has been published
in Steven Kaplan, "Les Falāshās" p. 97, and can be found online.)
NLI Or. 87 (Hoharwa Monastery Orit);
d'Abbadie 232;
Faitlovitch Ms. 8 (p: 8);
Faitlovitch Ms. 10 ;
Faitlovitch Ms. 14 (p: 18).

Non-Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Nägära Musē:
Christian Ethiopic version
- in Ge'ez
ነገረ ፡ ሙሴ ።
ዐይን: Lazarus Goldschmidt (text taken from a now lost manuscript.)
EMDA 6 = Martula Maryam Monastery, G1-IV-30 (p: 125)

The Colloquy of Moses with God on Mount Sinai
- in Syriac Aramaic
ܟܕ ܣܠܩ ܡܘܫܐ ܢܒܝܐ ܠܛܘܪܐ ܕܢܡܠܠ ܥܡ ܐܠܗܐ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: Isaac H. Hall
Harvard Ms. Syriac 166;
Mardin, Chaldean Cathedral 425 (CCM 425) (incomplete text);
Mardin, Church of the Forty Martyrs 256 (CFMM 256) (p: 252r);
Tehran, Chaldean Church of Saint Joseph 8 (TEH SJ 8) (p: 124);
Kirkuk, Chaldean Catholic Church (ACK 213) (p: 377v. Very incomplete.)

Significantly related biblical texts:

The Books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.


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