Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Testamentum Domini), Ethiopic recension in 60 chapters
ኪዳን፡ ዘእግዝእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ (Kidān za-ʾƎgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos)
· Anonymous (pseudo-epigraphic: Christ addressing the apostles, written down by Clement of Rome)
· Greek original 4th-5th c.; Ethiopic version (60 chapters) extant in six MSS catalogued in…
· canon law
· LIT2461Testam
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
Two English versions exist, but neither translates the Ethiopic recension: James Cooper and Arthur John Maclean, The Testament of Our Lord, translated into English from the Syriac with introduction and notes (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1902) - HOLLIS records the title as 'The Testament of our Lord: translated into English from the Syriac with introduction and notes' (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Testament%20of%20our%20Lord%20translated%20into%20English%20from%20the%20Syriac&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 and K10plus carries the same 1902 T. & T. Clark title (https://sru.k10plus.de/opac-de-627?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=pica.all%3DTestament%20of%20our%20Lord%20Cooper&maximumRecords=6&recordSchema=dc); and Alistair C. Stewart, The Testament of the Lord: An English Version (Popular Patristics Series 58, St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2018), whose publisher description in the HOLLIS record states the text 'is newly translated from the extant Syriac (with an eye to Ethiopic manuscripts)' (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The%20Testament%20of%20the%20Lord%20an%20English%20version&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The Ethiopic text as such was edited with a French translation by Robert Beylot, Testamentum Domini éthiopien: édition et traduction (1984) - K10plus languages gez/fre (https://sru.k10plus.de/opac-de-627?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=pica.all%3DTestamentum%20Domini%20%C3%A9thiopien%20Beylot&maximumRecords=6&recordSchema=dc). Beta maṣāḥǝft likewise records only the Syriac/Arabic-oriented study Ellwardt 2005 and Beylot 1984 under 'editions'.
A genuine gap: the Ethiopic recension is the fullest form of the work (60 chapters; ch. 22 circulates separately as LIT2444Temher and ch. 37 as LIT1716Kidanz, and the anaphora LIT1100Anapho is embedded), yet every English reader depends on the Syriac, which is lacunose exactly where the Ethiopic is complete. Witnesses in Beta maṣāḥǝft: Stuttgart Orient Fol. 49, BnF Abb. 51/199, BL Orient. 793/795, BAV Cerulli Et. 151. No word count is possible - the record transcribes no text.
Existing translations recorded
Edition / series
The Testament of Our Lord, translated into English from the Syriac · James Cooper; Arthur John Maclean · 1902
The Testament of the Lord: An English Version · St Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular Patristics Series 58 · Alistair C. Stewart · 2018
"The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : in the original Greek, with notes and introductions." London : Rivingtons, 1862-1863. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022684000203941
"The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : translated out of the Greek: being the version set forth A.D. 1611 compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881." Oxford : University Press, 1881. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990012418160203941
"The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Translated out of the Latin Vulgat; ... first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin edition ... With annotations." [Dublin?] : Printed in the year, 1752. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permali…
"New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: with Annotations." ProQuest, UMI, 1683. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99153673278603941
"The new Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the Latin Vulgate: `diligently Compared with the Original Greek: and first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised and corrected according to the Clementin edition of the Scriptures. With annotations for Clearing up…
Cite: Tergwame, “Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Testamentum Domini), Ethiopic recension in 60 chapters”
(ethiopic gap dossier), 2026.
https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-testamentum-domini