Gädlä Abäw wä-Aḫaw [Fourth Part]: Edition and Annotated Translation with Philological and Linguistic Teweldeberhan Mezgebe Desta aw Commentary
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis aimed to edit Gädlä Abäw wä-Aḫaw [Fourth Part] using diplomatic edition. Thus,
the study sought to: (i) present an edition of Gädlä Abäw wä-Aḫaw [Fourth Part]; (ii) make a
philological analysis of the gädl; (iii) present a linguistic commentary on the gädl;(iv) provide
the theological background of the Stephanites; (v) discuss the historical milieu of the
Stephanites. To this effect, Diplomatic edition as a research method was employed to conduct the
study as the text is a codex unicus. In addition, five key informant interviews were used to
supplement the historical and theological background of the Stephanites. The gädl preserves a
vital and extensive historical and theological record of the 15th –century Stephanite movement.
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