Damascus Road Scholar Edition

The Ethiopian Bible in English The Sources & Canon Table

The book-by-book record: where every text in this edition came from — translator, date, language, and treatment. Reproduced from the edition's back matter.

Sources & Canon

The full digitization source for every text — URL, archive identifier, and public-domain basis — is recorded in this edition’s Sources Registry, available on request. Books marked Category B are AI-assisted translations; see their in-text notices and the Methodology appendix.

Canonical — Old Testament

Book Source / Translator Year Translated from Category · Canon Basis
Genesis American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Exodus American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Leviticus American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Numbers American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Deuteronomy American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Joshua American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Judges American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Ruth American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
1 Samuel American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
2 Samuel American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
1 Kings American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
2 Kings American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
1 Chronicles American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
2 Chronicles American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Ezra American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Nehemiah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
1 Esdras Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
2 Esdras King James Version, Apocrypha 1611 Latin A · canonical
Esther Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Tobit Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Judith Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Job American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Psalms Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Proverbs American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Ecclesiastes American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Song of Solomon American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Wisdom of Solomon Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Isaiah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Jeremiah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Lamentations American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Baruch Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
4 Baruch (Rest of the Words of Baruch) J. Issaverdens 1901 Armenian A · canonical Armenian recension; source caveat at book head
Ezekiel American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Daniel Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · canonical
Hosea American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Joel American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Amos American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Obadiah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Jonah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Micah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Nahum American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Habakkuk American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Zephaniah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Haggai American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Zechariah American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
Malachi American Standard Version 1901 Hebrew A · canonical
1 Enoch (Henok) R.H. Charles (SPCK) 1917 Ge’ez A · canonical
Jubilees R.H. Charles (SPCK) 1917 Ge’ez A · canonical
The Books of Meqabyan (I-III) Horovitz (Ger.) → AI 1905 Ge’ez → German B · canonical Frankfurter Codex Rüppell II 7, via Horovitz’s 1905 German; [AI-Assisted]

Canonical — New Testament

Book Source / Translator Year Translated from Category · Canon Basis
Matthew American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Mark American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Luke American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
John American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Acts of the Apostles American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Romans American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
1 Corinthians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
2 Corinthians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Galatians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Ephesians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Philippians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Colossians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
1 Thessalonians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
2 Thessalonians American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
1 Timothy American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
2 Timothy American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Titus American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Philemon American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Hebrews American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
James American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
1 Peter American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
2 Peter American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
1 John American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
2 John American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
3 John American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Jude American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical
Revelation American Standard Version 1901 Greek A · canonical

Canonical — Broader Canon

Book Source / Translator Year Translated from Category · Canon Basis
Ser’atä Seyon (Order of Zion) Rev. G. Horner 1904 Ge’ez A · canonical
Te’ezaz (The Commandments) Rev. G. Horner 1904 Ge’ez A · canonical
Gessew G.H. Schodde 1885 Ge’ez A · canonical
Abtelis Rev. G. Horner 1904 Ge’ez A · canonical
Ethiopic Didascalia J.M. Harden 1920 Ge’ez A · canonical
Book of the Covenant I Cooper & Maclean 1902 Syriac A · canonical Syriac Testamentum Domini; source caveat at book head
Book of the Covenant II Cooper & Maclean 1902 Syriac A · canonical Syriac Testamentum Domini; source caveat at book head
Ethiopic Clement (Qälëmentos) Grébaut (Fr.) → AI 1911–1914 Ge’ez → French B · canonical Revue de l’Orient Chrétien vols. 16–19; serialization incomplete; [AI-Assisted]
Josippon (Yosef Wäldä Koryon) Günzburg–Kahana (Heb.) → AI 1896–1913 Hebrew (proxy) B · canonical Mantua short recension; proxy at two removes; provisional; [AI-Assisted]
Book Source / Translator Year Translated from Category · Canon Basis
Joseph and Aseneth E.W. Brooks (SPCK) 1918 Greek A · related (appendix)
Ascension of Isaiah R.H. Charles (SPCK) 1917 Ge’ez A · related (appendix)
1 Maccabees (Greek) Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · related (appendix)
2 Maccabees (Greek) Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · related (appendix)
3 Maccabees (Greek) Sir L.C.L. Brenton, Septuagint 1851 Greek A · related (appendix)