Responding to claims about the Ethiopian Bible

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[UnhappyYak]

When they said "even older than the KJV" I thought it had to be satire

[stupendemysgeographicus]

I don’t see why they feel the need to make stuff up. The fact that Ethiopia has a christian tradition largely independent of Rome and the rest of Europe is fascinating enough!

[Tmanaz]

So much content these days is on the level of the kind of reports we had to do in elementary school.
Thanks, Dan, for exposing people to serious scholarship.

[bretfisher]

This scene perfectly illustrates the important difference between real scholarship and the chintzy and often fraudulent efforts of amateur attention-seeking would-be "influencers"-- who, personally, I really could do without.

Thank you, Dan.

[nathanielsolomon]

Fun fact Judaism was in Ethiopia before Christianity

[thegoingmeiry]

I'm Ethiopian, and although it's common for Westerners and Western Christian religions like Catholic and protestant to not believe in many things, the Ethiopian Orthodox church claims to have or to be. I'll try to be open-minded and tell you what i, as an Ethiopian, know about the video you're commenting about. Whether you believe it or not, that is your choice.
First, about what he said about Ethiopians claiming to be descendants of Ham. Well, we don't know for sure, but the church does believe no only current Ethiopians, but most dark skinned people of africa came from Ham. But i don't know why you said that Noah and his sons are not historically accurate people. Because if you are a Christian and don't believe in Adam. Eve and their descendants, then how are you a Christian? And if you're not a follower of Abrahamic religions and just commenting on a video about a religion, then don't. Now i know western Christian religions are now reforming the religion and even saying that everything that happened before Abraham like the flood, enoch, noah, adam and eve, sodom and gomorrah are are just metaphorical in order to hide the terrifying and punishing side of God. But that is stupid because he is as punishing as he is forgiving. He is beyond the idea of good and bad. Anyway, about what the video said about Ethiopians knowing Christianity before Christianity. Ethiopian did accept Judaism around 1000 BC because of Menelik, the first who was the son of Sheba and Solomon. He also brought the Arc of the covenant to Ethiopia (actually, Jewish prists who were with him did, they just didn't tell him until they travelled far). Now i know yono Westerner believes in either the Solomon/Sheba story or the arc of the covenant being in Ethiopia, but i just wanted to tell you what we Ethiopians believe happened. I'm trying to prove this with science dumb because we can't even prove the existence of either solomon or sheba. But i heard the Codex Gigas (the devils bible) said that the arc is in Ethiopia. I'm not sure.
But anyway, Ethiopians did worship the Christian or the Abrahamic God, which is the jewish God also for about 3000 years. Also, early Ethiopians did know about Jesus before accepting Christianity as a religion. There was a black Ethiopian prist who went to jerusalem around the time the apostles were being hunted and learned about jesus from a person who was a follower of jesus. Not an apostle but just an ordinary jewish man who listened to Jesus's teaching. Then the black prist told the Ethiopian queen about jesus when he came back and she accepted it. But not Christianity as a religion, just the fact that the prophesied messiah came and died for us.
Some monasteries also have books like the Book of enoch (the one that talks about giants) and other books like a book that tells a deeper story about adam and Eve and their children. Not just Abel and Cain but also their daughters who married abel and cain... the church does have a bigger version of the stories in the Old Testament.
The church also claims to have the holy grail and portion of cross that jesus was crucified on. But this have a lot more deep story behind them. I will tell you if you're interested. But i doubt any Western Christian will accept it or even imagine the possibility.

[t_ylr]

Oh boy. I should've seen it coming, but I got whiplash and vertigo at the same time when he said "back to Ham" 🥴 lol

[Bleeding_moderate.]

As an Ethiopian I appreciate your works dan!

[MadHatter]

The Ethiopian Church is fascinating and beautiful enough on its own, it doesn’t need people making stuff up about to eroticize it further.

[inwyrdn]

"They can trace their lineage all the way back to Ham."

Only two kinds of people would say something like that:

1. Those who don't know how racist it is and can't be bothered to learn.

Or...

2. Those who do know how racist it is and are super cool with it anyway.

Before you get angry and call me "woke", first, that's not an insult to me and second, look up Curse of Ham. It's a doozy.

[Matt_The_Hugenot]

The idea that the Ethiopian bible is somehow banned is a weird one. It's simply a different version with its own canon containing books that aren't part of some or all other canons.

[BradyPostma]

I'd like to read that expansive canon, but spreading misinformation about that sect doesn't help anybody.

[THESURAFELB]

Correction : Yes, the lineage of the Ethiopians can be traced back to Cush who was one of the sons of Ham. The other Cushites in the history of mankind are the Somalis, the Nubians and the Proto-Egyptians. 🔔

[nairbvel]

The more I see the videos you're reacting to, the more worried I become about the incredibly deep levels of confabulation, obfuscation, and outright lying that pass for "religious education" among some groups, and how much of that... "stuff"... makes its way to a wider audience without correction. Thank you for representing the truth!

[davionwillis]

Lol funny he wants to remove all credit from ethiopia and downplay it all 😂😂😂😂 the truth hurts

[kennethswenson]

I picked one up "The Ethopian Bible" for a research project I'm working on.

[Yahuahloves]

Just so you know we believe Enoch was ethiopian also.

[stevenboddy]

What I love is everyone believes their ideas are "concrete" when in reality, we actually have NO idea about specifics. Mistranslations, misinterpretations, and thousands of years of storytelling leave room for plenty of error. Especially with the bible being translated into the New Testament. I mean it seems for the most part, every church in the US thinks Jesus was a white guy and he was born on Christmas.

[lysanamcmillan]

Ooh, gee, YouTube thinks I want the original video's channel in my suggestions sidebar. No, I'm good.

[audioartisan]

I know I say 'thanks' in my posts a lot, Dan. But it's hard not to be grateful when I learn from you on a daily basis. Today I learned of the Garima Gospels! ...Very grateful.