The life and struggles of our mother Walatta Petros : a seventeenth-century African biography of an Ethiopian woman

The life and struggles of our mother Walatta Petros : a seventeenth-century African biography of an Ethiopian woman / translated and edited by Wendy Laura Belcher and Michael Kleiner ; written by Gälawdewos.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gälawdewos (Author)
Other Authors: Belcher, Wendy Laura (Translator, Editor), Kleiner, Michael, 1962- (Translator, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Geez
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Walata ̣Pétros, > Saint, > 1592-1642.
Walata ̣Pétros, > Saint, > 1592-1642 > Miracles.
YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān > Biography.
Women saints > Biography.
Nuns > Ethiopia > Biography.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > Ethiopia > History > 17th century.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the text / Wendy Laura Belcher
  • Manuscripts of the text and earlier translations / Wendy Laura Belcher
  • Introduction to the translation of the text / Michael Kleiner
  • The Ethiopian script and its translation / Michael Kleiner
  • The translation of the Gädlä Wälättä ̣Petros
  • The translation of the Tä'amerä Wälättä ̣Petros
  • Summaries of additional Tä'amerä Wälättä ̣Petros
  • Summary of the history of Walatta Petros's community (in MSS J and I only)
  • The translation of the Mälke'a Wälättä ̣Petros
  • The translation of the Sälamta Wälättä ̣Petros.

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