Philological and Content Analysis of Gädlä’äbunä Täklä ’Älfā
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mulugeta Seyoum (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yordanos Abebe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-05T11:19:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-05T11:19:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper deals with the Gädl of ’äbunä Täklä ’älfā, its philological and content analysis. The content analysis provides fundamental information concerning the historical, theological, governmental, socio -cultural events of the epoch. It also provides the philological and content value of the manuscript. The main objectives of the study are to conduct philological and content analysis on the manuscript of Gädlä’äbunä Täklä ’älfā and comment on the philological qualities and inconsistencies the encountered on the Gädl. In addition, the researcher tried to identify some of the effects of the attack of Ahmad Gragn on the Orthodox Church. The main concern of the research is the Gädl of ’äbunä Täklä ’älfā, which was found directly from the monastery. The processes included in analyzing the manuscript is identifying the biography of the Saint, giving philological and content analysis of the manuscript, briefing the theological values of the Gädl, and distinguishing the inconsistencies in the Gädl. The method used in the process is, in general, qualitative analysis. From this method, approximate years of birth and death of the saint from the personages in the Gädl, the inconsistencies in the Gädl and their corrections and the writer of the Gädl were identified. The study of the Gädl of this saint is essential in knowing the history of the monastery and the people of Gojjām. Beside this, it is essential in knowing the suffering the Orthodox Church faced at the time of Ahmad Gragn and the system of administrationof monasteries. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1685 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | The Gädl of ’äbunä Täklä ’älfā | |
| dc.title | Philological and Content Analysis of Gädlä’äbunä Täklä ’Älfā | |
| dc.type | Thesis |