Ethiopian Saints - Enbaqom, Tekle Haymanot, Samuel of Dabra Wagag, Kaleb of Axum, Moses the Black, Gabra Manfas Qeddus, Frumentius (Paperback)

Chapters: Enbaqom, Tekle Haymanot, Samuel of Dabra Wagag, Kaleb of Axum, Moses the Black, Gabra Manfas Qeddus, Frumentius, Onesimos Nesib, Ezana of Axum, Ewostatewos, Yared, Nine Saints, Iyasus Mo'a, Abuna Aregawi, Saizana, Samuel of Waldebba, Ablak, Absadi, Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John, Abeluzius, Abnodius, Saint Abraham. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 81. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Abba 'nbqom (c.1470-c.1565) was a religious leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and translator and author, e.g., of the Anqaa Amin. As Abbot at the leading monastery of Debre Libanos he became the Echage, the second highest eclessiastical office, as well as head of all Ethiopian monasteries, and often regarded as the most influential person in the Ethiopian Church. Enbaqom was the baptismal name of the former Abu'l Fat, who circa 1489 had immigrated from Muslim Yemen into Christian Ethiopia. His father was said to have been nobility, his mother Jewish. He arrived as a merchant trader, in the company of a returning Ethiopian who had been held captive in Yemen. Already Enbaqom was intensely involved in questioning his religious affiliation. Eventually, after much reading and discussion, he decided to convert and become a Christian. His teacher Petros, then Echage or Abbot of the leading Ethiopian monastery at Debre Libanos in Shewa, baptized him, giving him the name 'nbqom, the Ethiopian form of Habakkuk; while the Hebrew name signifies "savant," the Ethiopian has the connotation of "professor." After further prayer and learning Enbaqom circa 1500 became a monk at Debre Libanos. By his study he acquired many languages, including: Arabic, Geez, Coptic, Hebrew, Syriac, Armenian, Portuguese, and Italian. Throughout his clerical life he worked to translate into Geez, the ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2044956