Kidāna Wald Kǝfle
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ኪዳነ፡ ወልድ፡ ክፍሌ፡↗ normalized: Kidāna Wald Kǝfle↗ ʾalaqā role: title ↗
Birth
1869-1872
Period of Activity
He was a celebrated Ethiopian theologian, grammarian and lexicographer. Kidāna Wald Kǝfle was born to a family of respected ecclesiastics. While still very young, he was taught calligraphy by his grandfather mamhǝr role: title ↗ . At the age of 20 he left for Jerusalem↗ , in 1890, where he lived for 30 years. In Jerusalem↗ , Kidāna Wald Kǝfle was earning a living by copying manuscripts. In Jerusalem↗ he also learned traditional exegesis (ʾAndǝmtā) from a renowned traditional scholar Kǝfla Giyorgis↗ . Kidāna Wald Kǝfle remained with Kǝfla Giyorgis↗ until the later's death in 1908. After he returned to Ethiopia↗ in 1920, he prepared several Gǝʿǝz texts with their Amharic commentaries for the publication.
Death
1944
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Names
- birth: ኪዳነ፡ ወልድ፡ ክፍሌ፡ gez
- ʾalaqā role: title
Dates
Birth: 1869–1872
Period of activity: 1892–1944
Death: 1944
Occupation
scholar
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Baye Yimam and Red. 2007. ‘Kidanä Wäld Kǝfle’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 399a–400b.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻKidāna Wald Kǝfleʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-02-14) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS5983KidanaW [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: complete record on 14.2.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
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