Ethiopic Books of Maccabees
- HMML ID
- 406092543726
- PURL
- LC access point
- Ethiopic Books of Maccabees
- HMML native script
- መቃብያን
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Ethiopic 1-3 Maccabees
- Ethiopic Book of Maccabees
- Ethiopic Maccabees
- Maqābeyān
- Mäqabǝyan
- Äthiopische Maccabaërbuch
Work information
- Title
- Ethiopic Books of Maccabees
- Centuries
- 14th century CE ● 15th century CE
- Original languages
- Genres
Versions
- Expression
- Ethiopic Books of Maccabees. Geʻez
- Language
- Geʻez
- Title
- Ethiopic Books of Maccabees
- HMML native script
- መቃብያን
- Incipit
- በመንግሥተ ፡ ሜዶናዊያን ፡ ወሞአባዊያን ። ወሀሎ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ ጺሩጻይዳን ፡ ፈታዊሃ ፡ ለእኪት ፡ ወይትሜካሕ ፡ በብዙኅ ፡ አፍራሲሁ ፡ ወበጽንዐ ፡ ሐራ ፡ ዘታሕተ ፡ እደዊሁ ፡
General notes
- Description
- Traditionally divided into three books, though they only are found copied as a unit and in the same sequence; this accounts for why some scholars refer to the work as a singular book and others to books in the plural.
- Citations
- Josef Horowitz, "Das äthiopische Maccabäerbuch," Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 19 (1906): 194-233.
- Citations
- Yonatan Binyam, “10.5 Ethiopic Books of Maccabees (Mäqabǝyan),” in Textual History of the Bible vol. 2C (Leiden: Brill, 2019), 220-225.
- Citations
- EMML 515, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed December 17, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202354.
Preferred citation
"Ethiopic Books of Maccabees." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 21, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/work/406092543726
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-12-17
- Last edited
- 2022-03-21
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