L'inscription chrétienne d'Ezana en écriture sudarabe

Schneider, Roger Neto

doi:10.3406/ethio.1976.1164

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“…As a factor of contrast, whilst the inscription's Ge'ez version is said to be vague in minimum and pagan-neutral in the extreme, there is an argument for its affinity to Judaic http://www.ve.org.za Open Access expressions of Deity as already argued. Correspondingly, the Greek and pseudo-Sabaean scripts are the more explicit ones; however, the Sabaean one is also characterised by a cross that is similar to 4th century dated cross engravings on bronze coinage, bronze belt buckle (Schneider 1974(Schneider , 1976. Aggregately judging by the dating of monumental inscriptions and affiliated material Munro-Hay thereby concludes that Ezana's reign as a pagan monarch stretched from ca.…”

Section: The Historicity Of the Legendmentioning

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Negus Ezana: Revisiting the Christianisation of Aksum

Rukuni

2021

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The Christianisation of Ethiopia is decoded within the reign of Ezana. The person of Ezana as a real-time figure and within the context of then Aksumite religious-cultural and political dynamics creates the background of the narrative for Ethiopian Christianity. In a revised study as a follow-up to the investigations of the dating of Ezana, revisiting his conversion, the study attempts to locate the Negus within the complex of then emergent Christian orthodoxy continuum whilst assigning due regard to the Judaic background enveloping Aksumite religion and antiquity. This attempt adds to the development of an integrated approach to church history, where the integrated narrative of Aksumite Christianity will be composite to the complete documentation of early Christianity. The investigation was accomplished through a multi-approach, whilst the main method was document analysis, as commensurate with the nature of the study, cultural historiography and the archaeology of religion was dually engrained. A review of the conversion and reality of Ezana in tangent with the recorded accounts of Ethiopian Christianity, when exerted through reference to archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic evidence, enhances a comprehensive narrative on the recorded inceptions of Ethiopian Christianity. The conversion of Ezana and the narrative of Frumentius’ ordination as the first Abuna though an account mainly ascribed to narratives by ecclesiastical historians; is an event that can be substantiated through the re-examination of archaeological-epigraphical data. Therefore, Aksumite Christianity should be composite to wholistic Christian narratives as paralleling the manner Vandal episodes and eastern Christianity are duly noted.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Whilst the article takes the main form of a historical review of Ethiopian Christianity’s origins, there are inferences to biblical studies and archaeological establishments. The main methodology takes the form of a document analysis in the form of comprehensive literature review which also includes references to epigraphy.

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Section: The Historicity Of the Legendmentioning

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Negus Ezana: Revisiting the Christianisation of Aksum

Rukuni

2021

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Mountain Constantines: The Christianization of Aksum and Iberia

Haas¹

2008

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At the beginning of the fourth century, Ezana I of Aksum and Mirian III of Iberia espoused Christianity, much like their better-known contemporary, Constantine the Great. The religious choices made by the monarchs of these two mountain polities was but one stage in a prolonged process of Christianization within their respective kingdoms. This study utilizes a comparative approach in order to examine the remarkably similar dynamics of religious transformation taking place in these kingdoms between the fourth and late sixth centuries. The cultural choice made by these monarchs and their successors also factored into, and were influenced by, the fierce competition between Rome and Sassanian Persia for influence in these strategically important regions.

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L'inscription chrétienne d'Ezana en écriture sudarabe

Cited by 2 publications

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Negus Ezana: Revisiting the Christianisation of Aksum

Negus Ezana: Revisiting the Christianisation of Aksum

Mountain Constantines: The Christianization of Aksum and Iberia

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