The Falashas, who are the most isolated and most ancient Jewish community extant, have preserved their own religious writings through the centuries. This book offers a cross section of their sacred literature, translated for the first time into English from Ethiopic sources. In addition, the translator provides a detailed description of the life and mores of the Falashas, based on his personal experience and observation during a prolonged stay in their community. “An excellent, unique, and fascinating volume…an illuminating view of the range of Falasha sacred literature, all freshly rendered into forceful English, and of timeless interest.”―Harry E. Wedeck, National Jewish Monthly “Gives to the English-reading public for the first time an extensive and intimate view of the life and literature of an extremely interesting branch of the Jewish religious community.”―S.D. Goitein, Commentary “The translations in the anthology are notably well done…. For thus presenting in full the evidences of a most extraordinary modern ethnic discovery, Dr. Leslau merits the praise of both scholarly and general public.”―Abraham Burstein, American Jewish Review “This fascinating volume [is] a valuable contribution.” –Alexander Heidel, Near Eastern Studies

Falasha Anthology (Yale Judaica Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Leslau, Wolf

Judaism

Yale University Press

Although Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia and English its international language, until publication of this book in hardcover there was no concise Amharic-English, English-Amharic dictionary. Students of Amharic as well as visitors to Ethiopia and foreign workers will benefit from this concise dictionary with phonetic transcriptions that allow for its use by those unfamiliar with Amharic script.

Concise Amharic Dictionary

History

Africa

University of California Press

Although Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia and English its international language, until publication of this book in hardcover there was no concise Amharic-English, English-Amharic dictionary. Students of Amharic as well as visitors to Ethiopia and foreign workers will benefit from this concise dictionary with phonetic transcriptions that allow for its use by those unfamiliar with Amharic script.

Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English & English-Amharic. Script & Roman

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

A compilation of favorite folktales exhibiting wisdom and experience

The Fire on the Mountain, and Other Stories from Ethiopia and Eritrea (An Owlet Book)

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Courlander, Harold

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Henry_Holt

This Product is available in five colors (Red, Black, Green, Brunette, Blue).

English-amharic Context Dictionary (German Edition)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Harrassowitz

Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English / English-Amharic (German Edition)

Comparative Dictionary of Geez Classical Ethiopic: Geez-english / English-geez: With an Index of the Semitic Roots (Geez and English Edition)

Reference Grammar of Amharic (German Edition)

Words, Language & Grammar

This book closes the gap for beginners who want to study the Amharic language and had difficulties in finding the right grammar for this purpose: The first grammar of Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, was published by Hiob Ludolf in 1698. The Amharic grammar published by Praetorius in 1879 is based on Amharic religious texts and on scattered material, usually composed by missionaries. A milestone in the study of Amharic is Marcel Cohen's Traite de langue amharique (1936), but this grammar, too is not completely suited for beginners since the author's generalizations are at times aimed at linguists. The grammar that comes closest to the concept of a beginner's grammar is that of C.H. Dawkin (1960), yet this grammar is extremely short, does not give examples and does not introduce the student to the intricacies of the language.The new book gives all the grammatical forms and the sentences of the present grammar in Amharic script and in phonetic transcription. The illustrative examples have a free and a literal translation. This procedure should likewise prove to be useful for the Semitist as well as for the general linguist.

Introductory Grammar of Amharic (Edition Akzente) (English and Amharic Edition)

Ge'ez is an ancient Ethiopian language which is still important for the liturgy of the Orthodox church.The dictionary is arranged in the order of the Ge'ez syllabary. All the basic as well as the derived forms are presented in the Ge'ez alphabet and in phonetic transcription. The transcription should be helpful in indicating the correct pronunciation of the entries. The dictionary includes nearly all the entries that are considered essential for students of Ge'ez.

Concise Dictionary of Gecez (Geez and English Edition)

Otto Harrassowitz

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