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Ethiopian Orthodox Bible canon

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Bible includes the Catholic deuterocanonical books and other works, producing a broader corpus of 81 books.

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Jan 27, 2026
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How does the placement of the deuterocanonical and pseudepigraphal books in the Ethiopian Bible compare to Roman Catholic and Orthodox canons?

n Orthodox Tewahedo Bible includes the Catholic deuterocanonical books but goes further by canonizing works commonly labeled pseudepigraphal elsewhere (for example 1 Enoch and Jubilees) and by incorpo...

Feb 3, 2026

What historical and cultural influences led to the Ethiopian Bible’s expanded canon and textual variants?

n Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s unusually large biblical corpus grew from a mix of , adoption of the , local liturgical and legal practices, and long cultural continuity shaped by geographic isolation; t...