The Ethiopian Orthodox tradition of the Kebra Nagast in modern apocalyptic interpretation
- Date of account
- 1990–2009 modern scholarship and religious circulation; medieval Ethiopic composition
- Location
- Ethiopia and Ethiopian diasporic communities
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Kebra Nagast is a medieval Ge’ez work presenting the transfer of the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia and the Solomonic genealogy of Ethiopian kings. Its narratives of sacred travel, chosen rulership, Jerusalem, and covenantal destiny made it significant for Ethiopian Christian identity and later Rastafari and Afro-diasporic interpretations. For this scope, the lead concerns twentieth-century circulation and scholarship available in 1990–2009, not a newly reported journey. Researchers should compare manuscripts, translations, liturgical use, and modern ideological readings rather than assume one canonical version.
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