«Life of Lālibalā»: New Perspectives for the Research
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2021.11.3.006
Abstract
The present publication summarizes the results of previous research on the corpus of manuscripts containing the «Life of Lālibalā». According to the hypothesis of the author, the content of manuscripts, labelled as the «Gadla Lālibalā / Life of Lālibalā» is in fact a collection of textual units, composed within the territory of contemporary Ethiopia and Eritrea in the local literary language, geez. The exact date of composition remains unknown. According to the limited data one can state that by the XIV/XVth century manuscripts containing the «Life of Lālibalā» constitute an integral part of such monastic libraries as Dabra Ṣǝyon Abuna ʾAbrǝham, and Kǝbrān on the lake of Ṭānā, geographically remote from each other. The text attests quotations from the Bible and allusions to the apocryphal texts. The textual units are either of narrative or of praising character. The article presents an overview of the corpus of manuscripts, discusses the method of defining a textual unit, as well as the content of thus defined textual units.
About the Author
N. F. Valieva
Aix-Marseille Université IREMAM
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nafisa F. Valieva - Doctor of Philosophy, Post-Doctoral at the ERC HornEast, Aix-Marseille Université IREMAM
52, rue Nau, 13006 Marseille
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Valieva N.F. «Life of Lālibalā»: New Perspectives for the Research. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2021;(3):197-214. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2021.11.3.006
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