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Book of Daniel, Ethiopic version

· Anonymous (Ethiopic Bible translation) · 4th-7th century (translation from Greek) · other · LIT1259Daniel

Ethiopic · domain: bible · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

The Ge'ez Daniel was edited once, in German: Oscar Löfgren, Die äthiopische Übersetzung des Propheten Daniel, nach Handschriften in Berlin, Cambridge, Frankfurt am Main, London, Oxford, Paris und Wien zum ersten Male herausgegeben und mit Einleitung und Kommentar versehen (Paris 1927); the 'Ethiopic Bible' project digitized that edition and notes it carries Löfgren's introduction and commentary, i.e. no English rendering (https://www.tau.ac.il/~hacohen/Daniel/Information.html). HOLLIS Primo 'Bible Daniel Ethiopic' returns 46 records - Löfgren's German edition, Knibb's 1980 'Ethiopic Version of the Lives of the Prophets: Ezekiel and Daniel', and Daniel-studies volumes - and no English translation of the Ethiopic Daniel (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Bible%20Daniel%20Ethiopic&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 K10plus 'aethiopisch Daniel' returns 8 records, none of them an edition or translation of the book (https://sru.k10plus.de/opac-de-627?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=pica.all%3Daethiopisch%20Daniel&maximumRecords=8&recordSchema=dc). Beta maṣāḥǝft LIT1259Daniel is a general ID whose own note says the record covers a recension without the deuterocanonical stories (https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT1259Daniel).

Löfgren's edition is the sole access point, and it is an image scan of a 1927 book. Beta maṣāḥǝft splits the Ethiopic Daniel tradition between the general record (LIT1259) and the deuterocanonical pieces (Susanna, Bel, the Song of the Three), which belong to separate records - any translation project would have to reunite them.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

Source and licence
other · PDF scan · Löfgren 1927 edition in copyright until 2062 (Löfgren 1898-1992); digitized images posted by the 'Ethiopic Bible' project
tau-ethiopic-bible-daniel

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Book of Daniel Ethiopic version — 16 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

RecordCitation
Alexander the Great : an account of his life and exploits from Ethiopic sources and other writing
· 2003 · eng
"Alexander the Great : an account of his life and exploits from Ethiopic sources and other writing." London ; New York : Kegan Paul, 2003. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990091288530203941
The Apocalypse of Peter in context
· 2024 · eng
"The Apocalypse of Peter in context." Leuven ; Paris Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2024. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99157434445403941
Beyond canon : early Christianity and the Ethiopic textual tradition
· 2020 · eng
"Beyond canon : early Christianity and the Ethiopic textual tradition." London [England] : T&T Clark, 2020. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99158824355003941
Wisdom poured out like water : studies on Jewish and Christian antiquity in honor of Gabriele Boccaccini
· 2018 · eng
"Wisdom poured out like water : studies on Jewish and Christian antiquity in honor of Gabriele Boccaccini." Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2018]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99153726501703941
Der Gott der Welt tritt auf den Sinai : Entstehung, Entwicklung und Funktionsweise der frühjüdischen Apokalyptik
Bedenbender, Andreas · 2000 · ger, eng, heb
Bedenbender, Andreas. "Der Gott der Welt tritt auf den Sinai : Entstehung, Entwicklung und Funktionsweise der frühjüdischen Apokalyptik." Berlin : Institut Kirche und Judentum, c2000. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990083902640203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Book of Daniel, Ethiopic version” (ethiopic gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-daniel