The Ethiopic Book of Jubilees and its manuscript tradition
- Date of account
- 1947–1969
- Location
- Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Ge’ez manuscript collections
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Book of Jubilees survives substantially through Ge’ez manuscripts and was transmitted within Ethiopian Christian literary culture, despite its earlier Jewish origin. Its retelling of Genesis and Exodus, angelic mediation, calendrical claims, and expanded patriarchal narratives make it a strong comparison point for how communities preserve and reinterpret non-canonical scripture. Modern scholarship in this period continued to reassess Ethiopic witnesses alongside fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dating, translation history, and the status of individual manuscripts remain important uncertainties.
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