To understand the Ethiopian Bible, you must forget the Reformation. The EOTC did not experience the Reformation's pruning. Instead, its canon was largely set in the 4th century AD by the Synod of Aksum, influenced by the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) and local Judaic traditions.

Features scanned versions of early 20th-century translations by scholars like R.H. Charles, who translated the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees from Ge'ez manuscripts.

Often called the "Lesser Genesis," it provides a more detailed chronology from Creation to the Exodus. The Ethiopian Maccabees (Meqaebyan):

A visionary text describing the fall of the "Watchers" (angels) and the Nephilim.

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