The Traditional Interpretation of the Apocalypse of St John in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Paperback)

Preface; Abbreviations; Part I. The And?mta Contemporary Corpus, its Character, Provenance, and Development: 1. The And?mta corpus; 2. The traditional account of the writing of the texts commented on, their transmission, and entry into Ethiopia; 3. The traditional account of the development and transmission of the And?mta material; 4. The dating and provenance of the And?mta commentary; 5. Commentary material in Geez; 6. Sources of the And?mta commentary; 7. Exegetical methods; 8. The method of teaching the commentary, and attitudes to it today; 9. Miscellanea; Part II. Annotated Translation of a Geez Commentary on the Apocalypse of St John, Targwame Qalamsis: Introduction; Translation; Part III. Annotated Translation of the Amharic And?mta on the Apocalypse of St John: Introduction; Translation; Bibliography of printed works; General index; Index of references.