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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