The Ethiopic account of Anthony Rawh martyrdom and the perception of the Muslim Arab world in Christian Ethiopia

• Authors: Krawczuk Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Ethiopic martyrdom of Anthony Rawh, attested in two relatively ancient manuscripts is a hagiographical text set in the Muslim Arab world. As such, it is an example of the perception that Christian Ethiopia had of the Muslim world at the time. This article offers some amendments to the printed edition and a few general remarks about the place of this text within the Ge’ez literary tradition.

Keywords

EN

hagiography; Ge’ez; Islam; Anthony Rawh; textual criticism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studies in African Languages and Cultures
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 51
• Pages: 23-31

Dates

published

2017-12-11

Contributors

author

Krawczuk Marcin

• University of Warsaw

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