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In Search of Zär'a Ya'ǝqob [electronic resource] : On the History, Philosophy, and Authorship of the Ḥatäta Zär'a Ya'ǝqob and the Ḥatäta Wäldä Ḥəywät / ed. by Jonathan Egid, Lea Cantor, Fasil Merawi

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Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]
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1 online resource (VIII, 300 p.)
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Cantor, Lea, Egid, Jonathan, Merawi, Fasil, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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In English.
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Summary
The Ḥatäta Zärʼa Yaʻǝqob and the Ḥatäta Wäldä Ḥəywät are enigmatic and controversial works. Respectively an autobiography and a companion treatise by a disciple, they are composed in the Gǝʻǝz language and set in the highlands of Ethiopia during the seventeenth century. Expressed in prose of great power and beauty, they bear witness to pivotal events in Ethiopian history and develop a philosophical system of considerable depth. However, they have also been condemned by some as a forgery, an elaborate mystification successful in deceiving generations of European and Ethiopian scholars. This volume breaks new ground for the study of these texts, presenting a clear account of the most up-to-date scholarship the ways they works are being investigated by contemporary philosophers, philologists, and historians. While the authorship question is addressed in the volume, it is not the sole locus of discussion. The near-exclusive focus on this question over the last century has obscured scholarly interest in the texts' philosophical and literary qualities in their own right. Accordingly, this volume begins to fill this gap, exploring the texts' implications for the global history of philosophy and transnational intellectual history of the 17th century.
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9783110725810
9783110725742 (print)
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text file PDF
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funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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