The Orit Guardians Master's program was established about five years ago, with the primary goal of studying, preserving, and carrying on the Biblical heritage of Ethiopian Jewry ... in the Department ...

The Orit is a rare Ethiopian version of the Bible. This Israeli family risked it all to retrieve one. “It’s like a long-lost relative had returned.” ...

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.

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.

Data Ethiopian history told through the first Cleveland Cultural Garden representing an African country Updated: Nov. 21, 2023, 2:22 p.m. | Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 10:43 a.m.