The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo canon in English, in a 1,188-page illustrated hardcover with commentary — the Damascus Road Scholar Edition.
The Tewahedo Church holds the largest biblical canon in Christendom, traditionally counted as 81 books. It includes works absent from Protestant and Catholic Bibles: the Book of Enoch, the Book of Jubilees, the three Books of Meqabyan (the indigenous Ethiopian scriptures, which are not the Greek Books of Maccabees), the Ethiopic Book of Clement, and the Sinodos of the Apostles.
Why this edition
Most English-language Ethiopian Bibles on the market are abridged, paraphrased, or padded. This one prints the full texts of the canon across 1,188 pages, keeps the three Meqabyan distinct from the Greek Maccabees, and separates canonical books from related texts rather than inflating the count. The editors build on named, verifiable public-domain scholarship — the American Standard Version (1901), Brenton's Septuagint, and the translations of R.H. Charles, Horner, Schodde, Harden, and Cooper & Maclean — reproduced faithfully and presented with commentary.
The publisher describes this as an interim scholar's edition, maintained as a living text pending a fully official translation. A QR code in the book links to a digital companion the editors maintain alongside the print canon.
Who it is for
- Readers who want the complete texts rather than summaries or excerpts
- Students of early Christianity, canon formation, and apocryphal literature
- Anyone following the recent mainstream interest in Enoch, the Watchers, and the Nephilim who wants a sourced edition
- Reference libraries and serious gift buyers
Specifications
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Editor: The Damascus Road Editorial Team
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Publisher: Damascus Road
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Format: Hardcover, illustrated, 1,188 pages
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Language: English
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Dimensions: 11.0 × 8.5 × 2.38 in
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Weight: 6.6 lb
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Publication date: July 6, 2026
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ISBN / EAN: 9798234139641
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