Sābrā
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሳብራ፡↗ normalized: Sābrā↗ alt: ጽብራ፡↗ normalized: Ṣǝbrā↗ alt: ጸብራ፡↗ normalized: Ṣabrā↗ alt: ስብራ፡↗ normalized: Sǝbrā↗ ʾabbā role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was an important religious figure of Beta ʾƎsrāʾel↗ , credited with being the founder of their monastic tradition and many aspects of their religious life. Sābrā↗ is also remembered for introducing their laws of purity. He is said to have been from a native of Šawā↗ . He is also credited with having composed their religious music.
Author of
- Tǝʾǝzāza sanbat attributed.
- Ba-qadāmi gabra ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer.
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Names
- birth: ሳብራ፡ gez
- alt: ጽብራ፡ gez
- alt: ጸብራ፡ gez
- alt: ስብራ፡ gez
- ʾabbā role: title
Occupation
monk
Faith
Judaism
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Kaplan, S. 2010. ‘Sabra’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 438a-b.
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Kaplan, S. 1992. The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (New York, NY–London: New York University Press, 1992).
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSābrāʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 30.11.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS8281Sabra [Accessed: 2024-04-24+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 30.11.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor