Mazgaba Maṣāḥəft

CAe 2052

 

Titles

  • Colloquy of Moses with God on Mount Sinai (Christian recension)
  • ነገረ፡ ሙሴ፡, Nagara Muse, Words of Moses

Description

The Colloquy is written in the form of a Responsa: Moses asks and God answers. The first part describes God’s rewards for those who behave well – read prayers, give alms, take care of orphans etc. – and punishment for those who commit evil. The second part, beginning with God lifting up Mount Sinai and showing Moses the whole world, is devoted to the discussion of the nature of God.N.M. was translated into Gǝʿǝz from an Arabic Vorlage. In the Ethiopic tradition, two versions exist; the Christian and the Beta ʾƎsrāʾel

Contributors

  • Alessandro Bausi, general editor
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
  • Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

History

  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    updated title relations
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo on :
    Created file from google spreadsheet
  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    CREATED: text record