Daniel Assefa

Dr. Daniel Assefa Addis Abeba

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Concordance of the Ethiopian Bible

While we admit the value of a concordance for various kinds of studies (literary, linguistic, philological, etc.), the situation is even more significant in the case of the Ethiopian Bible, since we do not have enough tools in this regard. One can mention here the concordance to the Ethiopian version of the Psalms by Monica …

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ሄኖክ ኃይሌ፣ ሕማማት፤ አዲስ አበባ፣ ማዕረግ ማተሚያ፣ ፳፻፲ ዓ.ም.

This is a meditation of the Passion of Christ, in the light of Patristic and Ethiopic exegesis, Written by Henock Haile and published in 2018. The book has 528 pages and is divided in 6 chapters. Chapter one is on the betrayal of Jesus by Judah Iscariot, chapter two on trial of Jesus at the …

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ከበደ ታደሰ፣ በኢትዮጵያ የሚገኙ ዋና ዋና ዛፎች፤ አዲስ አበባ፣ ዋሸራ አሳታሚዎች፣ ፳፻፬

A Scientific description of not less than 110 trees found in Ethiopia by Kebede Tadesse, published in 2012 and has 264 pages. All the pages with even number present in two columns the description of a given tree; the information in the left column is in Amharic and the right column is a translation of …

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ሄኖክ ኃይሌ፣ ቃና ዘገሊላ፤ አዲስ አበባ፣ ፋር ኢስት፣ ፳፻፯ ዓ.ም.

This is a pastoral commentary of John 2: 1-11, focused on the marriage of Cana, published in 2015 and has 180 pages. Part one, consisting of five chapters, is a detailed analysis of the biblical passage, inspired significantly by patristic and Ethiopian traditional hermeneutics. The question of the intercession of the Virgin Mary is dealt …

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ብርሃኑ አድማስ፤ በዓላት፤ ምን? ለምን? እንዴት?፣ አዲስ አበባ፣ ማኅበረ ቅዱሳን፣ 1999 ዓ.ም.

This is a book on the significance of religious feasts in the context of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, published in 2007, with 228 pages. The author Berhanu Admas dedicates the first part of his book on the meaning of feasts and on the celebrations of the Old Testament. The second part deals with the …

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The Chronicle of the Ethiopian King Susenyos – ዓለሙ ኃይሌ (ትርጓሜ)፣ የኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ (፲፭፻፺፯-፲፮፻፳፭) የዐፄ ሱስንዮስ ዜና መዋዕል፤(ከግእዝ ወደ አማርኛ፡)፤2005.

This is an annotated Amharic translation of the Chronicle of the Ethiopian King Susenyos (1597-1625 Ethiopian Calendar), originally written in Ethiopic. The book, published in 2013, has 247 pages. Its introduction offers interesting information on the socio-religious and political context for a better understanding of the reign of King Susenyos. The Chronicle is particularly interesting …

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Leadership in the light of Christian principles by Tesfaye Ya’cob – ተስፋዬ ያዕቆብ፣ መሪነት፣ ክርስቲያናዊ መርህና ምግባር፣ 2009።

This is a book on leadership, in the light of Christian principles and Ethics, written by Tesfaye Ya’cob, and published in 2017. It has 315 pages. The first chapter, dealing with the meaning of leadership, explains the concept of “leadership” and different leadership theories. Chapter two is dedicated to biblical leadership. The ecclesiastical aspect leadership …

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– ሐረገ ወይን ቸርነት፤ ሴትና አህያ…፤ አዲስ አበባ፤2005.

This is a book on the place and the role of women in the Church and the society. The author, whose profession is medical care, has engaged herself in theological studies at the Holy Trinity College of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. Her purpose was to have a better theological preparation in view of her …

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– ማኅቶተ ጥበብ ዘልሣነ ግእዝ፤ አዘጋጅ፣ ኑኀሚን ዋቅጅራ፤ አዲስ አበባ፣፳፻፰ ዓ.ም.

This is a second edition of a Ge’ez grammar prepared by Nuhamin Waqjera, and published in 2015. It has 20 chapters covering 296 pages. The lessons given in each chapter are followed by exercises. The author underlines that her second edition has made improvement and corrections to her first edition. The cover of the grammar …

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– መምህር ያሬድ ፈንታ፣ መጽሐፈ ግጻዌ ሐዲስ ዘተሰናአወ በአርባዕቱ ክፍላተ አዝማን፣ አዲስ አበባ፣ 1997 ዓ.ም.

This is a lectionary for Sunday and festive readings according to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Tradition. It was published in 2005 by Yared Fenta and has 187 pages. In the preface Yared Fenta gives a literature review about previous lectionaries in the history of Ethiopia, with more precisions on those published in the 20th century. …

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