just a teaser,. .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 thought to be in Ethiopia but all attempts to retrieve it from the 16th century onwards had failed. Only fragments of the text had survived to be read; jigsaw pieces written in Aramaic from the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others in Latin and Greek. The fact that Bruce brought back three copies in the original Ge’ez language (the language of Ethiopia that they were thought to have been written in) was utterly astonishing! And a major contributing factor to the rumours that started to abound around the infamous traveller and his shocking discovery.
James Bruce: an 18th century Scotsman’s journey to Abyssinia is interesting, Blue Nile ,book of Enoch etc
@@greatgable1 yes
possibly Ark of covenant too
if you deep dive
just a teaser,.
.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 thought to be in Ethiopia but all attempts to retrieve it from the 16th century onwards had failed. Only fragments of the text had survived to be read; jigsaw pieces written in Aramaic from the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others in Latin and Greek. The fact that Bruce brought back three copies in the original Ge’ez language (the language of Ethiopia that they were thought to have been written in) was utterly astonishing! And a major contributing factor to the rumours that started to abound around the infamous traveller and his shocking discovery.
I think one went to France, Pope or king -or something
Why the Ethiopian Bible Was Kept Secret for Centuries - And What It Reveals