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[[File:Ethiopic_genesis.jpg|thumb|Genesis in Ge'ez]]
The Bible translations into [[Ge'ez]] are the world's oldest Bible translations, excluding the [[Septuagint]] and the [[Vulgate]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== History of the text ==
A Bible in [[Ge'ez]] and a predecessor of the [[Geʽez script|Ge'ez script]], probably still without the vowels, was created soon after the Christianization of Ethiopia in the 4th century. Different revisions from the 13th to 17th centuries subjected the Ethiopian Bible to Hebrew, Syrian and Coptic influences. The milestones of the modern editions were the Roman "Editio Princeps" in 1548 and the London edition by Thomas P. Platt in 1830.
In 2009, the [[Ethiopian Catholic Church]] and the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] associated themselves with the Bible Society of Ethiopia to produce a printed version of the Bible in Ge'ez. The [[New Testament]] was released in 2017.<ref name=":0" />
== Translations ==
=== Garima Gospels ===
[[File:Illumination-from-Abba-Garima-gospel.jpg|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illumination-from-Abba-Garima-gospel.jpg|right|thumb|375x375px|[[Evangelist portrait]] of [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]] from Garima 2, likely the earlier of the two Garima Gospels]]
The [[Garima Gospels]] are the oldest translation of the Bible in Ge'ez. It is the world’s first illustrated Christian manuscript.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Monastic tradition holds that they were composed close to the year 500,<ref name="Taylor">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> a date supported by recent [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon analysis]]; samples from Garima 2 proposed a date of 390-570, while counterpart dating of samples from Garima 1 proposed a date of 530-660.<ref name="Bausi">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/3cBhBJ7 Canon of the Ethiopian Othodox Church]
* [https://ift.tt/2vMt3Rt Alwan Codex]
== References ==
<references />
== Further readings ==
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[[Category:Apocrypha]]
[[Category:Christianity in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Bible versions and translations]]
The Bible translations into [[Ge'ez]] are the world's oldest Bible translations, excluding the [[Septuagint]] and the [[Vulgate]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== History of the text ==
A Bible in [[Ge'ez]] and a predecessor of the [[Geʽez script|Ge'ez script]], probably still without the vowels, was created soon after the Christianization of Ethiopia in the 4th century. Different revisions from the 13th to 17th centuries subjected the Ethiopian Bible to Hebrew, Syrian and Coptic influences. The milestones of the modern editions were the Roman "Editio Princeps" in 1548 and the London edition by Thomas P. Platt in 1830.
In 2009, the [[Ethiopian Catholic Church]] and the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] associated themselves with the Bible Society of Ethiopia to produce a printed version of the Bible in Ge'ez. The [[New Testament]] was released in 2017.<ref name=":0" />
== Translations ==
=== Garima Gospels ===
[[File:Illumination-from-Abba-Garima-gospel.jpg|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illumination-from-Abba-Garima-gospel.jpg|right|thumb|375x375px|[[Evangelist portrait]] of [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]] from Garima 2, likely the earlier of the two Garima Gospels]]
The [[Garima Gospels]] are the oldest translation of the Bible in Ge'ez. It is the world’s first illustrated Christian manuscript.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Monastic tradition holds that they were composed close to the year 500,<ref name="Taylor">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> a date supported by recent [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon analysis]]; samples from Garima 2 proposed a date of 390-570, while counterpart dating of samples from Garima 1 proposed a date of 530-660.<ref name="Bausi">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/3cBhBJ7 Canon of the Ethiopian Othodox Church]
* [https://ift.tt/2vMt3Rt Alwan Codex]
== References ==
<references />
== Further readings ==
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
[[Category:Apocrypha]]
[[Category:Christianity in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Bible versions and translations]]
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