Ge'ez Psalter taken from Ethiopia to Israel

ETHIOPIC WATCH: Israeli family risks it all to retrieve rare Ethiopian version of the Book of Psalms. Ayanawo Ferada Senebato and his cousins go to civil war-torn Ethiopia to ransom a book of the Orit, a version of the Bible in an ancient dialect that belonged to their ancestors (CNAAN LIPHSHIZ, JTA/Times of Israel).

The book is written in Ge'ez, the old form of the Ethiopic language. I would not say that the book is "ancient." The report is that it is 200 to 300 years old.

The article indicates that removing it from Ethiopia was legally problematic. I do not endorse any illegal activity. I link to the piece to keep you informed of news involving the Ethiopic Bible.

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