Ethiopic Books of Maccabees

HMML ID
406092543726
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/work/406092543726
LC access point
Ethiopic Books of Maccabees
HMML native script
መቃብያን
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022004468
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/62164295159508411736

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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