The Kebra Nagast (Book of the Glory of Kings)
- Date of account
- Ethiopian Ge'ez composition traditionally dated to the 14th century
- Location
- Ethiopian Christian manuscript tradition
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Kebra Nagast presents a sacred history linking Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, Menelik I, and the Ark of the Covenant. Its narrative includes angels, divine dreams, providential guidance, and biblical reinterpretation within Ethiopian Christian kingship ideology. It matters comparatively because intermediary beings and revealed objects are integrated into national genealogy rather than treated as isolated encounters. The work’s dating, sources, redaction history, and relationship to earlier Jewish and Christian traditions remain subjects of scholarship; it should be read as a theological-political text, not an independently verified event record.
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