Ethiopic Historiographical TextsTextual Transmission, Edition, Translation, and Interpretation

On 24 November 2025 Solomon Gebreyes Beyene speaks on “King Śarḍa Dǝngǝl’s Chronicle (1563–1597): Examining Its Sources, Composition, and Authorship” at the 2025 Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 22–25, 2025.

Ethiopia’s historiographical tradition is among the richest in sub-Saharan Africa, with origins tracing back to the Aksumite period. While early practices laid the foundation, a formalized tradition of historical writing emerged in the fourteenth century, primarily to legitimize Christian kings...