The Textual History of the Ethiopic Old Testament Project (THEOT): Goals and Initial Findings

Abstract

This article offers an introduction to the Textual History of the Ethiopic Old Testament ( THEOT ) project. This includes a description of the background to THEOT and its primary purpose of mapping the history of the transmission of the Ethiopic Old Testament. The bulk of the article summarizes the project’s preliminary findings, generally, and, in particular, about Ethiopic Psalms, Song of Songs, Deuteronomy, Ruth, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Haggai. Some attention is also given to evidences of contact with the Hebrew text tradition, although the Ethiopic is clearly a daughter version of the LXX .