Mezmure Kiristos
ISBN Code : 978-1-59-907185-5
Language : Amharic
Pages number : 380
Format : Paperback, 6″x9″
Publication date : 11/16/2017
$24.95
Description
AMHARIC
Mezmure Kristos is an extremely rare volume; very few African nations claim such an extensive indigenous document, written in a totally indigenous language and script at such an early date. Bahrey, author of Mezmure Kristos (Songs of Christ), composed the book during the reign of Emperor Tserste Dengel (1550-1597). Written in Geez, an ancient religious language, it serves as a meditation on issues such as sainthood, prayer, and the qualities of just rulers. The subjects tackled by Bahrey are indicative of the kind of questions–those regarding peace and war, justice and injustice, disorder and social harmony–that troubled medieval Ethiopia. New scholarship dealing with this text could help establish a narrative of traditional Ethiopian philosophical understanding of these issues–issues still relevant to Ethiopians today.
