History of the Galla. Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary by Ekaterina V. Gusarova
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2022.14.2.001
Abstract
This publication presents a new, more complete critical edition of the text of the work of the Ethiopian monk Bahrey, which he called «The History of the Galla» (Zena-hu lä-galla). This is the oldest of the works that make up the body of literature dedicated to the Oromo people. This essay in the Geez language is a unique source on the history, ethnography and geography of the settlement of the Cushitic-speaking Oromo people (Galla — in the Ethiopian Christian tradition), who have been living in the vast territories of the Horn of Africa for more than four centuries. Unlike previous editions, we used the previously unknown fourth list of this work.
About the Author
. Bahrey
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts at the Russian Academy of Sciences;
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina V. Gusarova
PhD in Historical Sciences Research Fellow at the Department of the Near and Middle East;
Librarian of the 1st category of the Sector of the Eastern Funds at the Manuscripts Department at the National Library of Russia Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental and African Studies
18 Palace Embankment, Saint Petersburg 191186
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Bahrey History of the Galla. Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary by Ekaterina V. Gusarova. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2022;(2):15-56. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2022.14.2.001
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