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Informationen zum Autor Alessandro Bausi! is Professor of Ethiopian Studies in the Asia and Africa Institute! University of Hamburg! Germany Klappentext The Ethiopian Christian civilization is rooted in the late antique kingdom of Aksum (present day Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea)! lying between Byzantium! Africa and the Near East. This title brings together a set of contributions together with an introduction! covering the history of this civilization in its formative period (300-1500 AD). Zusammenfassung The Ethiopian Christian civilization is rooted in the late antique kingdom of Aksum (present day Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea), lying between Byzantium, Africa and the Near East. This title brings together a set of contributions together with an introduction, covering the history of this civilization in its formative period (300-1500 AD). Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Bibliography; Part 1 The Aksumite Period and the Christianization of Ethiopia: Perspectives on the history of Ethiopia! Enrico Cerulli; Ezana's conversion reconsidered! Steven Kaplan; Notes on the Royal Aksumite inscriptions! Roger Schneider; The dating of Ezana and Frumentius! Stuart Munro-Hay. Part 2 The Aksumite Literature: Historical and philological problems of the Axumitic literature (especially in the Qérellos)! Bernd Manuel Weischer; The adventures of the Apocrypha in Ethiopia! Pierluigi Piovanelli; The Aksumite background of the Ethiopic 'corpus canonum'! Alessandro Bausi. Part 3 The 'Judaic Component': Hebraic-Jewish elements in Abyssinian (monophysite) Christianity! Edward Ullendorff; Review of Edward Ullendorff! The Ethiopians! Maxime Rodinson; On the question of 'Jewish influences' in Ethiopia! Maxime Rodinson. Part 4 The 'Second Christianization' and the 'Syriac Influences': Aramaic! Syriac! and Ge'ez! Hans Jakob Polotsky; Syrian influences in Ethiopian culture! Witold Witakowski; Once again on the question of Syriac influences in the Aksumite period! Paolo Marrassini; 'Saintly shadows'! Stuart Munro-Hay. Part 5 The Kebra Nagast: The Kebra Nagast in the light of recent research! Irfan Shahîd; Dating the Kebra Nagast: another look! David W. Johnson; A 6th century Kebra Nagast?! Stuart Munro-Hay. Part 6 Saints! Monks and Kings: Ethiopian hagiography and the acts of Saint Yafqeranna-Egzi (14th century)! Carlo Conti Rossini; Monasticism in Ethiopia! Enrico Cerulli; Hagiographies and the history of medieval Ethiopia! Steven Kaplan; A hagiographic text: the Royal Chronicle! Paolo Marrassini; Index. ...
