It is one of just a handful texts in Israel of the Orit, an Ethiopian variant of the Hebrew Bible that predates the ... of its congregation’s history, devoutness and rabbinical traditions.

The Orit is the Ethiopian variant of the Hebrew Bible, Rom-Shiloni said ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in ...

His research interests include 1 Enoch, Second Temple Judaism and Origins of Christianity, Ethiopian biblical hermeneutics, the textual history of the Ethiopic Bible, and apocalyptic literature. He is ...