Ethiopic Bible and Literature
Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes
Call For Papers: We plan three sessions. The THEOT (Textual History of the Ethiopic Old Testament Project): The THEOT project has analysed large sets of Ethiopic manuscripts dating from the 14th-20th centuries CE for several books, including Deuteronomy, Judges, Ruth, 1-4 Kings, Esther, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Hosea, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Malachi, and the Biblical Canticles. Analysis is developing a picture of textual families, their defining features , and a picture of the key factors influencing the development of the text. Papers presenting the current state of research, or that synthesize data and develop the picture of the textual history are invited. Papers are welcome from those involved with the THEOT project, or from others working on Ethiopian manuscripts who can present research that builds the picture of the textual history. Secondly, The Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: marking the completion of this monumental work with an open session inviting papers that discuss the contribution of this work, we invite papers that draw on this tremendous resource, that map out new research directions that are now possible, and that assess and develop this work's contribution to Ethiopian Studies. In line with the encyclopaedia, papers are welcomed that deal with historical developments, places and geographical history, ethnology and sociology, religion and art, trade and economy, politics and important personalities, with a particular emphasis on the unit’s of critical studies seeking to understand the ideology, sociology and the process of literary formation, of the Ethiopic tradition. A joint session with the Syriac Literature and Interpretations of Sacred Texts Section, invites contributions that show intersections between Ethiopic and Syriac or Syriac-Arabic exegetical, literary, or historical traditions. We are especially interested in papers that deal with hagiographical traditions on ascetics (e.g., Isaac of Nineveh, Antony, Pachomius, Basil, or Evagrius).
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