Ethiopian Bible Vs Hebrew Bible [2021] -

For a Jewish scholar, the Ethiopian Old Testament contains heretical and pseudepigraphal forgeries. For an Ethiopian Christian, the Hebrew Bible is a truncated, rabbinic corruption of a larger, more pristine revelation that survived only in the highlands of Aksum.

At first glance, the Ethiopian Bible and the Hebrew Bible seem like close cousins. Both are written in ancient Semitic languages (Ge’ez and Hebrew), both revere the Law of Moses, and both sing the Psalms of David. But a closer look reveals a startling reality: The Ethiopian Orthodox Te’wahedo Bible is not merely a translation of the Hebrew Bible. It is a radically different canon —one that includes dozens of books the Hebrew Bible rejects, reinterprets the role of the Law, and claims to possess the “original” order of human history. ethiopian bible vs hebrew bible