The Ethiopian Bible—particularly within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church—is one of the most expansive and ancient Biblical canons in Christianity. Preserving texts in Ge’ez, a liturgical language dating back over a thousand years, it includes books that disappeared from or were never adopted into other Christian traditions. Among these are works like 1 Enoch, Jubilees, and The Shepherd of Hermas, which provide early Jewish and Christian teachings that offer a wider view of ancient beliefs