Biblical Texts in Ge'ez - መጽሐፍ ፡ ቅዱስ ።

Presented in the order listed by Beta Israel Qes Abba Yisḥaq

Octateuch - ኦሪት
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
Genesis ኦሪት ፡ ዘልደት ። Yes Yes Yes
Exodus ኦሪት ፡ ዘፀአት ። Yes Yes;
and alternate liturgical 10 commandments		 Yes
Leviticus ኦሪት ፡ ዘሌዋውያን ። Yes Yes Yes
Numbers ኦሪት ፡ ዘኍልቍ ። Yes Yes Yes
Deuteronomy ኦሪት ፡ ዘዳግም ። Yes Yes;
and alternate liturgical 10 commandments		 Yes
Joshua ኦሪት ፡ ዘኢየሱስ ። Yes Yes Yes
Judges ኦሪት ፡ ዘመሳፍንት ። Yes Yes Yes
Ruth ኦሪት ፡ ዘሩት ። Yes Yes minor recension
Four Books of Kings - አርባዕቱ ነገሥት
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
I Samuel መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ቀዳማዊ ። Yes Yes
II Samuel መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዳግማዊ ። Yes Yes
I Kings መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ሣልሳዊ ። Yes Yes
II Kings መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ራብዓዊ ። Yes Yes
Five Books of Solomon - ዘሰሎሞን ፡ ሓሚስቱ ።
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
Proverbs መጽሐፈ ፡ ምሳሌ ። Yes Yes Yes minor recension
Rebukes
(Proverbs ch. 25-31)		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ተግሣጽ ። Yes Yes Yes minor recension
Ecclesiastes መጽሐፈ ፡ መክብብ ። Yes Yes Yes minor recension
Wisdom of Solomon መጽሐፈ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ሰሎሞን ። Yes Yes Yes
Song of Songs መጽሐፈ ፡ መሓልየ ፡ መሓልይ ። Yes: "Common Edition" fragment: similar to "common edition" extended recensions:
"Hebraist Edition";
"Old Giyorgis Edition"
Twelve Minor Prophets - ፲፪ቱ ፡ ደቂቀ ፡ ነቢያት ።
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
Hosea ትንቢተ ፡ ዘሆሴዕ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Amos ትንቢተ ፡ ዘአሞጽ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Micah ትንቢት ፡ ዘሚክያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Joel ትንቢት ፡ ዘኢዩኤል ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Obadiah ትንቢት ፡ ዘዓብድዩ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Jonah ትንቢተ ፡ ዘዮናስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Nahum ትንቢት ፡ ዘናሖም ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Habakkuk ትንቢት ፡ ዘእንባቆም ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Zephaniah ትንቢት ፡ ዘሰፎንያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Haggai ትንቢት ፡ ዘሓጌ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Zechariah ትንቢት ፡ ዘዘካርያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Malachi ትንቢት ፡ ዘምልክያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Further Uncategorised "Beluyat" - ብሉያት ።
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
Psalms መዝሙራት ፡ ዘዳዊት ። Yes Fragments Yes
Psalm 151 መዝሙራት ፡ ዘዳዊት ።: "ንኡስ ፡ አነ ፡ እምአኀውየ ፡ ወወሬዛ ፡ በቤተ ፡ አቡየ ፤..." Yes
Odes
(for the
Prayer of Manasseh,
see below.)		 መሓልያ ፡ ነቢያት ፡ ወጽሎቱ ። Yes (deuterocanon, within the Psalter) Yes (non-canonical,
only abbreviated version extant)		 Yes
Isaiah ትንቢተ ፡ ዘኢሳይያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Yes Yes
Ascension of Isaiah
(not a Beta Israel sacred text)		 ዐርገተ ፡ ኢሳይያስ ።܂ Yes (deuterocanonical)
Jeremiah ዘኤርምያስ ።: ትንቢተ ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Minor recension only Minor recension
Baruch ዘኤርምያስ ።: መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘባሮክ ። Yes Potential outlier only Yes
Lamentations ዘኤርምያስ ።: ሰቆቃወ ፡ ኤርምያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes Potential outlier only Yes
Epistle of Jeremiah ዘኤርምያስ ።: መጽሐፍ ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ። (ተረፈ ኤርምያስ ፡ ነቢይ ።) Yes Yes Yes
Prophecy of Jeremiah
against Pashhur		 ዘኤርምያስ ።: ትንቢት ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ። "ወይቤሎ ፡ ኤርምያስ ፡ ለፋክሶር ..." Yes Yes
Rest of the Words
of Baruch		 ዘኤርምያስ ።: ተረፈ ፡ ነገር ፡ ዘባሮክ ። Yes Potential outlier only Yes
Ezekiel ትንቢተ ፡ ዘሕዝቅኤል ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes ("ETH II" recension) Yes ("ETH I" recension only) "ETH I" recension;
Latin Vulgate vorlage;
Masoretic Text vorlage
Susanna ዘዳንኤል ፡ ነቢይ ።: “ሶሰና” ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
Daniel ትንቢተ ፡ ዘዳንኤል ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes (ch. 11 long recension;
Song of Azariah recension 1)		 Yes ch. 11 short recension;
Song of Azariah recension 2;
minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage);
minor recension (Arabic vorlage)
Bel & The Dragon ዘዳንኤል ፡ ነቢይ ።: ራእይ ፡ ፲፩ / ፲፪ : “ቤል” ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage);
minor recension (Arabic vorlage)
Job መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘኢዮብ ። Yes Yes minor recension
Sirach መጽሐፈ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ሲራክ ። Yes Yes Yes
Esther መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘአስቴር ። Yes (Recension 1) Recension 2;
minor recension 3
Judith መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘዮዲት ። Yes Yes
Tobit መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘጦቢት ። Yes Yes minor recension
(Latin Vulgate vorlage)
The Two Lesser Books - መጽሐፍት ፡ ሕጹጻነ ።
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
I Chronicles መጽሐፈ ፡ ሕጹጻነ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ቀዳማዊ ። Yes Yes
II Chronicles መጽሐፈ ፡ ሕጹጻነ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ካልእ ። Yes Yes
Prayer of Manasseh
(for the
rest of the Odes,
see above.)		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ሕጹጻነ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ካልእ ።: “ወጸለየ ምናሴ…” Yes Abbreviated text in Canticles only Yes
Books of Ezra - መጽሐፍት ፡ ዕዝራ ።
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
Ezra Sutuel
("4 Ezra")		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ዕዝራ ፡ ሱቱኤል ። /
ዘዕዝራ ፡ ነቢይ ።		 Yes Yes
"Greek" Esdras
("3 Ezra")		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘዕዝራ ፡ ክልኤቱ ። Yes Yes
Ezra ዘዕዝራ ፡ ሠለስቱ ።: ፩-፲ ። /
መጽሐፈ ፡ ዕዝራ ። 		Yes Yes
Nehemiah ዘዕዝራ ፡ ሠለስቱ ።: ፲፩-፳፫ ። /
መጽሐፈ ፡ ነሀምያ ። 		Yes Yes
Books of Maccabees - መጽሐፍት ፡ ዘመቃብያን ።
Text Ge'ez Name Typical EOTC Manuscripts? Beta Israel Manuscripts? Outlier Manuscripts? Additional Recensions?
1 Meqabyan መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘመቃብያን ፡ ቀዳማዊ ። Yes Yes
2 Meqabyan ዘመቃብያን ፡ ክልኤቱ ።: መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘመቃብያን ፡ ክልኤቱ ። Yes Yes
3 Meqabyan ዘመቃብያን ፡ ክልኤቱ ።: መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘመቃብያን ፡ ሠለስቱ ። Yes Yes
Josippon
(not a Beta Israel sacred text)		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ዜና ፡ አይሁድ ። Yes (semi-canonical)
1 Maccabees
(not a Beta Israel or EOTC sacred text)		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ፩ መቃብያን ። Yes (Catholic)
2 Maccabees
(not a Beta Israel or EOTC sacred text)		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ፪ መቃብያን ። Yes (Catholic)
Secondary Canon: "Additional Holy Books"
Text Ge'ez Name Beta Israel Manuscripts? EOTC Bible Versions? EOTC Non-Biblical Versions? Related EOTC Texts?
Enoch መጽሐፈ ፡ ሄኖክ ። Yes ("ETH I" and "ETH II" recensions) Yes ("ETH I", "ETH II",
and "mixed" recensions, and outlier)
Jubilees መጽሐፈ ፡ ኩፋሌ ። Yes Yes
Testament of Abraham ገድሉ ፡ አብርሃም ። Yes Yes ("direct translation";
"free translation")
Testament of Isaac ፍልሰቱ ፡ ለአብ ፡ ይስሐቅ ። Yes Yes ("direct translation";
"free translation")
Testament of Jacob ፍልሰቱ ፡ ለአብ ፡ ያዕቆብ ። Yes Yes ("direct translation";
"free translation")
Motä Musē ሞተ ፡ ሙሴ ። Yes Yes
Motä Aron ዜና ፡ ምቱ ፡ ለአሮን ። Yes Yes
Colloquy of Moses
With God on
Mt. Sinai		 ገደለ ፡ ሙሴ ። / ነገረ ፡ ሙሴ ። Yes Yes
Te’ezāza Sanbat ትእዛዘ ፡ ሰንበት ። Yes ድርሳነ ፡ ሰንበት ፡ (ዘደረሰ ፡ አባ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዘሥሩግ) ።
Arde'et
(The Book of the Disciples) 		አርድእት ። Yes አርድእት ።
(long recension;
short recension)
Apocalypse of Gorgorios ጎርጎርዮስ ፡ ነቢይ ። Yes መጽሐፍ ፡ አርአያ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ወንጹሕ ፡ ጎርጎርዮስ ፡ መንፈሳዊ ።
(partially extant)
Ethiopic Apocalypse
of Baruch		 አባ ፡ ባሮክ ። Yes Yes
Säʿatat
(The Book of Hours)		 ሰዓታት ። Yes;
+ related liturgical texts		 መጽሐፈ ፡ ሰዓታት ።
(four versions)
Fekkare Iyasus ፍካሬ ፡ ኢየሱስ ። Yes (ፍካሬ ፡ ኢያሱ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ሲራክ ።) Yes (two recensions)
Maṣḥafa Falāsfā Tabībān መጽሐፈ ፡ ፈላስፋ ፡ ጠቢባን ። Yes (two recensions)
Abba Elyas አባ ፡ ኤልያስ ። Yes
Secondary Canon: Further Works Included by Dr. Steven Kaplan
Text Ge'ez Name Beta Israel Manuscripts? EOTC Bible Versions? EOTC Non-Biblical Versions? Related EOTC Texts?
Book of Angels መጽሐፍ ፡ መላእከት ። Yes ድርሳነ ፡ ሰንበት ፡ (ዘደረሰ ፡ አባ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ ዘሥሩግ) ።
Acts of Susanna ገድለ ፡ ሶስና ። Yes Yes
Homily on
Abraham and Sarah
in Egypt		 ድርስን ፡ በእንተ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ሰራ ፡ በአቶሙ ፡ ምደረ ፡ ግብጽ ። Yes Yes
In the Beginning
God Created...		 በቀዳሚ ፡ ገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ። Yes
Ethiopic Apocalypse
of Ezra		 ዘተናገሮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለዕዝራ ። Yes

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