{"product_id":"9789042927537","title":"The Homily of Z\u0026#228;r'a Ya'eqob's M\u0026#228;shaf\u0026#228; Berhan on the Rite of Baptism and Religious Instruction : V. (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe text in this volume (with its translation) is from the writings of \n\u003cbr\u003e Emperor Zär'a Ya‛eqob, the prolific scholar who reformed the Ethiopian \n\u003cbr\u003e Orthodox Church in the fifteenth century. In this homily, which is part \n\u003cbr\u003e of his previously published Mäshafä Berhan \"Book of \n\u003cbr\u003e Light\" (see CSCO vols. 250\/Script. Aeth. 47 and 261\/Script. Aeth. 51), \n\u003cbr\u003e he addresses in detail the ritual of Christian baptism and the \n\u003cbr\u003e requirement of religious instruction for the baptized faithful as well \n\u003cbr\u003e as the would-be baptized catechumens. The ritual for adults is discussed \n\u003cbr\u003e and defined with thoroughness and clarity not found in any other source. \n\u003cbr\u003e Significantly, the text suggests that there was at that time a large \n\u003cbr\u003e number of non-Christians who converted to Orthodox Christianity, either \n\u003cbr\u003e of their own free will or due to pressure from Christian rulers, \n\u003cbr\u003e including the Emperor.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e As always, Zär'a Ya‛eqob uses his authority to enforce religious \n\u003cbr\u003e instruction as he details it. He prescribes harsh corporal punishment, \n\u003cbr\u003e usually flogging, to individuals who do not attend school without \n\u003cbr\u003e acceptable excuses—which are illness and going on military expeditions— \n\u003cbr\u003e as well as to clergy who neglect their duty to teach and to district \n\u003cbr\u003e rulers who do not force people to come to school.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e A close study of the homily sheds some interesting light on the history \n\u003cbr\u003e of Ethiopic literature. For example, the extensive quotation from Acts \n\u003cbr\u003e is not from the text we now know. This detail corroborates what is known \n\u003cbr\u003e that the book was translated anew after the time of Zär'a Ya‛eqob.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e A second example is Zär'a Ya‛eqob's quotation of John Chrysostom. That \n\u003cbr\u003e he quotes from his homily in the Apophthegmata Patrum shows that \n\u003cbr\u003e this source was well known in Ethiopia prior to the fifteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46325410562127,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":3080.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9789042927537","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}