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The Ethiopian Bible
The Ethiopian Bible, discovered in Ethiopia, is written in Ge'ez, is an ancient Ethiopian language, nearly 800 years older than the King James Version. It contains 81-88 books not 66. It includes the Book of ENOCH, Esdras, Buruch, and all 3 Books of MACCABEEs, as well as other books that were not ALLOWED in the ancient bibles or the KJV. The Ethiopian Bible is the religious and cultural heritage of Ethiopia. There is only one copy of the Ethiopian Bible, and it stays locked away in a monastery that sits on the edge of a mountainside some 7,000 feet high in the Tigrai Highlands. It is has survived attacks from Muslims, Italians, and a fire that destroyed the monastery's church where the Bible was in the 1930s. All this contibutes to the mystery of this books origin and survival. The bible is often referred to as the Garima Gospels: named for the monk who reportedly wrote the book after he arrived in Ethiopia from Constantinople sometime around A.D. 494. This Bible contains three manuscripts in two volumes. The two books are named Garima 1 and Garima 2. The first cover is made from copper, Garima 2 is made from silver ( Africa Global News). The Ethiopian Heritage Fund explains that each volume contains about 400 pages. Written on goatskin in the language of Ge'ez, carbon dating reveals that the manuscript appears to be from sometime between A.D. 330 to 650 AD. According to Aleteia, it is not clear exactly when the Ethiopian Bible was first discovered, but it was mentioned in a book written by historian Beatrice Playne in 1950. Recently people have become more interested in the Ethiopian Bible, some ARE INFATUATED trying to find out the extra ‘truth’s’ it holds. The Ethiopian Canon can be useful to see the differences in the Bible over time. We do know that Ethiopia began to differ from Christianity in Europe and the surrounding area of the Mediterranean and Asia. The Ethiopian Bible is claimed to be the oldest and most complete Bible on earth. It may be old, but it is not the oldest, nor is it complete? It has books that were not confirmed, nor used by the early church. The problem in these claims of it being older is meaningless when the KJV was translated by the older texts, the ones the early church used. When the pastors gathered at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD and again in A.D. 381 at the First Council of Constantinople discussing which books would stay and not be in the New Testament. They determined whether a book would be considered "scripture" if it was written by one of Jesus' disciples, or someone who was a witness to his ministry. The book also had to be written in the first century, and it had to be consistent in its doctrine not contradictory with the other parts of the Bible. This because in the first century, many books were written about Jesus' life and His teachings. However, many of them were not true and written by Gnostics that brought in another spiritual interpretation, revealing supposed hidden meanings. Jerome assembled the Latin Vulgate around 400 AD. It contained 39 books in the Old Testament, which was known as the Hebrew Bible, and 27 books known as the New Testament. the Ethiopian church claims to have a Biblical canon of a compilation of 88 books, 22 that are not found in the bible canon of 66 books, making it a unique source on the scripture. but this does not mean it is accurate nor all inspired of God The Ethiopian Bible is more similar with the Catholic Bibleand the Orthodox Bibles, with a number of extra Old Testament books. These were probably written 100 years BC, which is late in the time of the Old Testament books. This is where the unbiblical claims begin, for God was silent for 400 years before Christ, there were no new Revelation. The Ethiopian Bible was rejected because of the language in which it is written. Geʽez, making it difficult for non-speakers to access, as the New Testament and old were written in plain Greek (Septuagint). Only 400 were it found in other languages of the regionv(i.e in the pershitta). A Book of Enoch is included the Oriental Orthodox churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The problem with this book is that the genuineness and inspiration of Enoch are upheld by the writer of the Epistle of Barnabas, (which is another False author). Irenaeus, Tertullian and Clement of Alexandria, in the early church. the Book of Jubilees, which is part of the Ethiopian canon, as well as the Assumption of Moses and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, which are included in no biblical canon The Ethiopian Bible includes the Books of Enoch, which are attributed to Enoch, great-grandfather of Noah (who did not write them), it speaks on angelology, (Gen.6) cosmology, and the final judgment, offering a very different perspective than THE biblical teachings of the prophets. The book, 1 Esdras, is part of the Old Covenant in the Ethiopian Bible. It contains stories about the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem and the re-establishment of worship after the Babylonian exile. Book of Baruch is a deuterocanonical book that includes a letter supposedly written by Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, to the Jewish exiles in Babylon. The 3Books of Maccabees contains the history of the Maccabean struggle for religious freedom from the Seleucid Empire. They're considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, with questionable statements of Jewish history. The Ethiopic version being used as a Biblical source, does bring about major changes in Christian history and doctrine AND THIS is why it was not accepted. Some manuscripts of the Ethiopian New Testament include the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus and the Eusebian Canons which were written by Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea (c. 260-c. 340). Including Ethiopic epistle to Clement, (late after the apostles))Ethiopic Didascaliav
The Jubilee following 2 Chronicles, Enoch then follows Jubilees,3 Ezra (2
Esdras) following Nehemiah 4 Ezra (1 Esdras) following 3 Ezra,Tobit
following 4 Ezra Haile Selassie was crowned emperor in 1930 he introduced political and social reforms leading the empire during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The Narrow Canon, was overseen by Emperor Selassie who publicly proclaimed that this was the official and completed version of the Ethiopian Bible. It does not have some scriptures that are found in the broader version. It has 72 books in it, mot 88. The Broader Canon has not been reprinted since the early 20th century. So, you can see that, there are controversies, and having two different versions (smaller and larger) which also contribute to it not being accepted. Later Translations Before the King James Bible, there were several versions of different sections of the Bible, but the first complete translation was the John Wycliffe Bible, which was translated into English from Latin in the 14th century. Other Bible translations included the Tyndale Bible, which was translated from the Greek and Hebrew texts. The Coverdale Bible, translated in 1535, was the first complete Bible in modern English. The King James Version of the Bible, also known as The Authorized Version (AV) or King James Bible (KJVB) — was translated by 54 scholars, commissioned by the Church of England in 1604 and published in 1611 stands above the rest as the first translation of the Christian Bible into English by a committee of translators who were given the majority of both Greek and Hebrew texts. Just because their Bible has 22 more books than the approved Bible that was read throughout the centuries does not mean it more inspired or accurate, in fact having added books that were not accepted goes against it being a better source but more of a tainted source by using the books that were already accepted by the early church that are accurate. It all must be scrutinized. |
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