Scottish explorer James Bruce spent approximately 3 years in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) from 1769–1772 & returned to Europe with three copies of the Book of Enoch written in Ge'ez, an ancient Semitic language. His recovery was crucial to modern knowledge of this text! 📜
Scottish traveler James Bruce recovered three copies of Book of Enoch from Ethiopia in 1770s
Key facts
- James Bruce was a Scottish traveler and freemason
- He spent six years in Abyssinia (former name for Ethiopia)
- He returned to Europe with three copies of the Book of Enoch
- The copies were written in Ge'ez, an Ethiopian variant of ancient Semitic language
- Bruce's recovery of the text was crucial to modern knowledge of the Book of Enoch
Sources
James Bruce: an 18th century Scotsman's journey to Abyssiniapodacademy.org
For three years, from 1769 to 1772, the six-foot four Scottish laird with vivid red hair, travelled to Abyssinia, the old Ethiopian Empire ...
James Bruce - Historic UKhistoric-uk.com
Bruce returned from his travels with three copies of the Book of Enoch. This book was previously thought to have been lost to history. The only extant copy was ...
[PDF] James Bruce and his copies of Ethiopic Enochresearch.gold.ac.uk
*. In this essay I want to investigate what happened to the manuscripts that Bruce brought back from his travels, particularly four copies of the book of Enoch.
James Bruce - Grokipediagrokipedia.com
Additionally, Bruce acquired three Ge'ez manuscripts of the Book of Enoch during his travels, which he later donated to the Bodleian Library in 1774, aiding ...
What the Abyssinian Liar Can Tell us about True Stories18thcenturycommon.org
In 1773, James Bruce of Kinnaird returned to Europe after a decade of travel and study in North East Africa and Abyssinia (present-day ...
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