I wonder if Mr. Meadows's Ethiopian book displays these attributes. Whether it does or not, I am still amazed that an old Bible from my native land has found a home in Spotsylvania.

Bible researcher and author David T. Adamo notes that Africa and Africans are mentioned 1,417 times in the Bible. All of this fuels Gashaw’s pride in her Ethiopian homeland.

Ethiopian Jews brought the Orit with them when they immigrated to Israel beginning in the 1980s. The text is written in Ge’ez, a Semitic language used by clergy in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Jews brought the Orit with them when they immigrated to Israel beginning in the 1980s. The text is written in Ge’ez, a Semitic language used by clergy in Ethiopia.