All The Missing Scriptures Were Discovered In The Ethiopian Bible

In the realm of sacred ancient writings, few are as shrouded in mystery and intrigue as the Ethiopian Bible. This venerable text, pivotal to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, is rich with mystical stories and prophetic revelations. It sets itself apart in both depth and complexity from its counterparts in other Christian traditions. Unlike the Bibles used in Western Christianity or the Jewish Tanakh, the Ethiopian Bible encompasses a broader canon, including several books that were removed or weren't included in other Christian traditions such as the Book of Enoch, the Book of Jubilee and more.

Orthodox Tewahedo Biblical Canon

The Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. At 81 books, it is the largest and most diverse biblical canon in traditional Christendom.

Western scholars have classified the books of the canon into two categories — the narrower canon, which consists mostly of books familiar to the West, and the broader canon, which includes nine additional books.

It is not known to exist at this time as one published compilation. Some books, though considered canonical, are nonetheless difficult to locate and are not even widely available in the churches' home countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Old Testament

The Orthodox Tewahedo narrower Old Testament canon contains the entire established Hebrew protocanon. Moreover, with the exception of the first two books of Maccabees, the Orthodox Tewahedo canon also contains the entire Catholic deuterocanon. In addition to this, the Orthodox Tewahedo Old Testament includes the Prayer of Manasseh, 3 Ezra, and 4 Ezra, which also appear in the canons of other Christian traditions. Unique to the Orthodox Tewahedo canon are the Paralipomena of Jeremiah (4 Baruch), Jubilees, Enoch, and the three books of Meqabyan.

New Testament

The Orthodox Tewahedo narrower New Testament canon consists of the entire 27 book Christian protocanon, which is almost universally accepted across Christendom.