An Ethiopian Fugitive Allied with a Nubian King? Ēwosṭātēwos and Sābʾa Nol at Nobā through Hagiographical Narrative
Around the year 1337, the Ethiopian monk Ēwosṭātēwos left his kingdom. If his vita depicts his journey as a pilgrimage, one must admit that it was actually an exile. As a staunch advocate of the double Sabbath as well as an opponent of lay authorities, the monk held highly controversial views. At the beginning of the 14th century, he created a powerful, yet dissenting, movement in northern Ethiopia with his disciples, called the Eustatheans. Nevertheless, this success led him into trouble. The newly appointed Metropolitan Yāʿeqob, head of the Ethiopian Church, deprived him from all support. Mo... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies, vol 6, iss 1 |
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eScholarship
University of California |
Schlagwörter: | Ethiopia / Nubia / hagiography / Christianity |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26888504 |
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Link(s) : | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/696675q6 |