Kebra Nagast

The ‘Glory of the Kings’, the national epic of Ethiopia, which tells how the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon and how their son Menyelek brought the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia; it was put into its present form in the early fourteenth century.

c. 14th century Armenian, Coptic, Arabic and other Eastern writers The later Fathers 1 work

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English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

The Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek: the Kebra Nagast (Budge translation) Older EnglishOCR text 5.9 h read

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