Apr 7, 2021Pre-Kalebian African conquest of South ArabiaHistorians discussing the colossal Aksumite conquest of South Arabia typically refer to one historical event in the 6th-century carried out by King Kaleb ʾElla ʾAṣbeḥa against the Jewish kingdom of Ḥimyar. Although his occupation is the most documented out of all Aksumite conquests against the region, it is certainly not…Africa4 min readAfrica4 min read
Mar 24, 2021Katabasis & Anabasis: How Jesus Christ Resurrects the Pattern of Life.The universal language of the human story can be summarized in this idiom: “Life is full of ups and downs.” From sunrise to sunset, morning to night, awake and asleep, work and rest, growing up and hunching back, life and death. …Christianity6 min readChristianity6 min read
Mar 15, 2021Abba Teklemariam Semharay Ṣelim and his struggle against the Latinization of the Ge’ez RiteBorn on 1871 east of Keren, in the village of Shīeb, Teklemariam grew up to become one of the leading scholars from the Catholic Seminary of Keren ordained at the age of 22 by French missionaries. He would publish many Catholic and translate many books from Italian to Ge’ez. In…Catholic2 min readCatholic2 min read
Feb 19, 2021Däqiqä Ewosṭatewos (Ewosṭateans) and the Council of Florence (1441)The Ewosṭateans were a Christian cenobitic monastic movement founded by Abune Ewosṭatewos in the 14th-century who insisted on Sabbath observance basing his position in the 10 commandments and the Canons of the Apostles. …Black History Month5 min readBlack History Month5 min read
Dec 2, 2020English translation and commentary on the “Monumentum Adulitanum”Adulis was a settlement located along the coast of the Red Sea on the Gulf of Zula south of Massawa in modern-day Eritrea. Historically, it has been active under several kingdoms and empires, from both abroad and local. It is even believed to have been a major port under the…History6 min readHistory6 min read
Nov 27, 2020The Messiah, the Malakh, and the Image of the Incorporeal GodChristians today appeal to a plethora of verses, chapters, or stories in the Old Testament (Septuagint and Tanakh) that Jesus Christ is believed to have to fulfil. The gospels and the Pauline epistles had already laid the foundation for various hermeneutical techniques that the early church adopted to reveal these…Christianity6 min readChristianity6 min read
Nov 23, 2020Christian movements during the 14th-16th century in EthiopiaʾEwōsṭātewōs was a prominent figure of the Church during the early period of the Solomonic dynasty and was born in the village of Tsiraʿ (Enderta, Tigray). After being ordained as a monk, he founded many monasteries in the northern Ethiopian plateau of Tigray and Seraye (modern-day Eritrea). The 14th century…Ethiopia5 min readEthiopia5 min read
