This volume contains eight Amharic texts of various genres and length critically edited
translated and annotated by Getatchew Haile. The texts are taken from manuscripts of the
Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library Collegeville
MN (7007 and 7650) and of the British Library London (Or. 16223) and are representative of
the genuine tradition of teaching and interpretation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwah do Church.
The anthology includes commentaries of prayers and confessions of faiths Christian oriental
legends and theological treatises. It is an essential collection of documents for the study of
early Amharic literature and Old Amharic language and orthographical practices.
