Books From The Ethiopi...: The Apocrypha: Including

: Features the critical and ancient texts of Enoch , Jubilees , 1 Clements , and the Shepherd of Hermas . Key Ethiopic Texts and Their Significance

This volume is unique because it combines the standard Deuterocanonical books with several texts exclusive to the Ethiopian tradition. The Apocrypha: Including Books from the Ethiopi...

The book , compiled by Joseph B. Lumpkin , is a comprehensive 736-page volume that gathers together texts often missing from standard Western Bibles. While most Protestant Bibles contain 66 books and Catholic Bibles 73, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church recognizes a significantly larger canon of 81 books . This guide explores the content and unique significance of the Ethiopic additions included in this collection. Overview of Included Books : Features the critical and ancient texts of

The preservation of these specific texts is considered a monumental contribution of the Ethiopian Church to biblical scholarship, as some survive in their entirety only in the Ge'ez language. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. The Apocrypha: Including Books from the Ethiopic Bible Lumpkin , is a comprehensive 736-page volume that

: Includes books like Tobit , Judith , Wisdom of Solomon , Wisdom of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) , Baruch , and 1 & 2 Maccabees .

: Contains 1 Esdras , 3 & 4 Maccabees, and Psalm 151 .