The Ethiopian Bible (Annotated) — The 81-Book Ethiopian Canon in Public Domain Translations

An annotated edition of the 81-book Ethiopian Orthodox canon, built entirely from public domain translations.

The Protestant Bible has 66 books. The Catholic Bible has 73. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church preserved 81 — the broadest canon in Christianity.

What is original in this edition:

• Original introductions of several paragraphs to Enoch, Jubilees, Ascension of Isaiah, 4 Baruch, Meqabyan and Josippon

• "Why This Bible Is Different" and "The Oldest Christian Nation" essays

• Comparison table: Protestant vs Catholic vs Ethiopian canons

• About the Translations — full source credits with public domain status

What is inside:

PART I — THE OLD TESTAMENT (39 books, King James Version 1611)

PART II — THE DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS (7 books, KJV Apocrypha 1611): Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, 1 & 2 Maccabees

PART III — THE LOST SCRIPTURES

• Book of Jubilees — 50 chapters, the "Little Genesis" (R. H. Charles, 1902)

• Ascension of Isaiah — the prophet's martyrdom and heavenly vision (R. H. Charles, 1900)

• 4 Baruch — the fall of Jerusalem and the man who slept 66 years (Jacques Issaverdens, 1901)

• 1 Enoch — introduction; full text in our companion volume

• 1–3 Meqabyan and Josippon — original introductions only. No public domain English translation exists, so we describe these books honestly rather than print text whose rights we could not confirm.

PART IV — THE NEW TESTAMENT (27 books, King James Version 1611)

From Sacred Texts Publishing. 2,796 pages (A4 PDF).