Book of light
Subtitle: from the Ethiopian Manuscript Micro-film Library
By: Zarʼa Yaʻqob
Contributors: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Series: HMML Collections in Fascimile -- 3; HMML Collections in Facsimile -- 3.
Publisher: Gorgias Scriptorium
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: gez
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781593336592
Subjects: Apologetics; Early works to 1800; Church history; Ethiopic language; Texts
Description: Written by Ethiopian emperor Zara Yaqob, the Book of light is an exposition of ecclesiastical reforms undertaken by Yaqob and an apologetic for his religious beliefs.  It is considered a classic of Ethiopic literature.