Mazgaba Maṣāḥəft

CAe 2461

 

Titles

  • Testamentum Domini
  • ኪዳን፡ ዘእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡, Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Kidān za-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos
  • Testamentum Domini (Arabic)
  • Testamentum Domini (Syriac)
  • Testamentum Domini (Greek)

Description

One of the major canonico-liturgical works of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. As with other works of the same genre, the purpose of the T.D. is to establish upon the basis of a pseudo-epigraphical authority – in this case, Jesus Christ in person – rules and prescriptions for the right organization of the Church and Christian practice. The T.D. consists of 60 chapters and is clearly subdivided into two parts. Chapter 22 circulates independently as , chapter 37 as . The text of is also part of T.D.

Contributors

  • Alessandro Bausi, general editor
  • Andreas Ellwardt, encoder annotator
  • Eugenia Sokolinski, metadata
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
  • Dorothea Reule, contributor

History

  • Dorothea Reule on :
    Specified clavis
  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    Added biblio + further updates
  • Dorothea Reule on :
    Added keywords
  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    updated record
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo on :
    Created file from google spreadsheet
  • Eugenia Sokolinski on :
    CREATED: text record