Contents When Solomon returned to Jerusalem he went with the elders into the House of God, and he and ZADOK embraced each other and wept bitterly. Then they dried their tears and the elders made a long speech to SOLOMON in which they sketched the past history of the Ark of the Covenant, i.e. the Tabernacle ZION. They reminded him how the PHILISTINES captured it and […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932], MOSES proclaimed in the Law and said, “A prophet like myself shall rise up for you from your brethren, and hearken ye unto him, and every soul that will not hearken unto that prophet ye shall root out from among the people.” And this he said concerning CHRIST the Son of God. And he […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] The King held converse with the Queen The Queen MÂKĔDÂ spake unto King Solomon, saying, “Blessed art thou, my lord, in that such wisdom and understanding have been given unto thee. For myself, I only wish that I could be as one of the least of thine handmaidens so that I could wash […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] IN PRAISING GOD THE FATHER, THE SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE, AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHOM EVERYTHING CAME INTO BEING, AND WITHOUT WHOM NOTHING CAME INTO BEING, AND THE HOLY TRIUNE SPIRIT, THE PARACLETE, WHO GOETH FORTH FROM THE FATHER, AND DERIVETH FROM THE SON, WE BELIEVE IN AND […]
The KEBRA NAGAST, or the Book of the Glory of the Kings [of Ethiopia], has been held in the highest esteem and honor throughout the length and breadth of ABYSSINIA for a thousand years at least, and even today it is believed by every educated man in that country to contain the true history of the origin of the […]
Lying witnesses There was a certain depraved man of the seed of BENJAMIN, whose name was BENYÂS, who used to lead the mule of the King of Israel, and KARMÎN used to feed him, together with the mule of King MANASSEH. And among the neighbors of KARMÎN there were certain men who were envious of him because of [his] pastures and wells, and […]
This volume contains a complete English translation of the famous Ethiopian work, The “KEBRA NAGAST“, i.e. the “Glory of the Kings [of Ethiopia]”. This work has been held in peculiar honor in ABYSSINIA for several centuries, and throughout that country it has been, and still is, venerated by the people as containing the final proof of their descent […]
The book opens with an interpretation and explanation of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers concerning the children of ADAM, and the statement that the Trinity lived in ZION, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, which God made in the fortress of His holiness before He made anything else. The Trinity agreed to make man […]
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932] King Solomon swore to the Queen SOLOMON answered and said unto her, “I swear unto thee that I will not take thee by force, but thou must swear unto me that thou wilt does not take by force anything that is in my house.” And the Queen laughed and said unto him, “Being […]
A curious and interesting legend of the way in which King SOLSolomoncame the father of MENYELEK is found in a number of slightly varying versions among many of the tribes of Northern ABYSSINIA. According to this the mother of MENYELEK was a Tigrê girl called ĔTĔYÊ AZÊB (i.e. Queen of the South), and her people worshipped a dragon or serpent, to which each man, […]
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