Many Lives of Tasfa Seyon - An Ethiopian Intellectual in Early Modern Rome

This Element examines the life and legacy of the sixteenth century Ethiopian intellectual Täsfa S?eyon. It reconstructs his formative years, scrutinizes his editio princeps of the Ge'ez Gospels, and traces his modern influence, erasure, and rediscovery by later generations of Western orientalists, Ethiopian writers, and Catholic thinkers.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The pious stranger; 3. The mämher of Rome; 4. The influencer; 5. Rediscoveries; Glossary; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: James De Lorenzi, James (City University of New York) De Lorenzi, De Lorenzi James, Matteo Salvadore, Matteo (American University of Sharjah) Salvadore, Salvadore Matteo, Deresse Ayenachew Woldetsadik, Deresse Ayenachew (Aix-Marseille Universite) Woldetsadik
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009595704
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0959570-4
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Elements in the Renaissance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Rome, Italy, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, European history: Renaissance, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Orthodox & Oriental Churches, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage