(1) Encyclopedic articles
[Arranged in alphabetical order of the lexical entries.
For convenience, the following abbreviation has been used: EAe = Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. 5 vols. Edited by Siegbert Uhlig (vols. 1-3), by Siegbert Uhlig in cooperation with Alessandro Bausi (vol. 4), respectively by Alessandro Bausi (vol. 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003‒2014.]
1.1 Stages of traditional EOTC education
Habtemichael Kidane. “Nǝbab bet [ንባብ ቤት; 1st stage],” in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 1159‒61. [Cf. also Sewasew]
⸻. “Qǝddase bet [ቅዳሴ ቤት; 2nd stage],” in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 281‒82. [Cf. Sewasew]
⸻. “Zema bet [ዜማ ቤት; 3rd stage of traditional EOTC education],” in EAe, vol. 5 (2014), p. 175. [Cf. Sewasew]
⸻. “Qǝne bet [ቅኔ ቤት; 4th stage of traditional EOTC education],” in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 285-86. [Cf. also Sewasew]
⸻. “Mäṣḥaf bet [መጽሃፍ ቤት; 5th stage],” in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 834. [Cf. Sewasew]
1.2 Books of the Divine Office
Fritsch, Emmanuel. “Dǝggʷa [ድጓ],” in EAe, vol. 2 (2005), p. 123‒24.
Habtemichael Kidane ‒ Red. “Mäwaśǝʾǝt [መዋሥእት; antiphonary],” in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 877‒78.
Getachew Haile. “Mǝʿǝraf [ምዕራፍ],” in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 910‒11.
Fritsch, Emmanuel. “Ṣomä dǝggʷa [ጾመ ድጓ],” in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 691‒92. [Cf. Sewasew]
Habtemichael Kidane. “Zǝmmare [ዝማሬ],” in EAe, vol. 5 (2014), p. 175‒76. [Cf. Sewasew]
1.3 Categories of liturgical music
Shelemay, Kay Kaufmann. “Araray [አራራይ],” in EAe, vol. 1 (2003), p. 312. [Cf. Sewasew]
⸻. “ʿƎzǝl” [ዕዝል],” in EAe, vol. 2 (2005), p. 480‒81.
⸻. “Gǝʿǝz [ግዕዝ],” in EAe, vol. 2 (2005), p. 735‒36.
1.4 Other encyclopedic articles
Habtemichael Kidane. “Anaphoras,” in EAe, vol. 1 (2003), p. 251‒53.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufmann. “Aqqʷaqʷam [አቋቋም; liturgical dance and instrumental accompaniment, taught in the zema bet],” in EAe, vol. 1 (2003), p. 293. [Cf. Sewasew]
⸻. “Däbtära” [ደብተራ; lay ecclesiastics and choristers in the EOTC], in EAe, vol. 2 (2005), p. 53‒54. [Cf. Sewasew]
Lee, Ralph, and Lila Balisky. “Ethiopian hymnody”, in Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, edited by John Richard Watson and Emma Hornby. Norwich (UK): Canterbury Press, 2015ff. [Online version only; subscription barrier]
Habtemichael Kidane. “Hymns,” in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 99‒102. [Cf. Sewasew]
Habtemichael Kidane. “Hymns to the Virgin Mary,” in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 817‒19. [Cf. Sewasew]
Ezra Gebremedhin. “Maḫlet” [ማህሌት; antiphon of the Dǝggʷa], in EAe, vol. 3 (2007), p. 659‒60. [Cf. Sewasew]
Fritsch, Emmanuel. “Qǝddase” [ቅዳሴ; Eucharistic liturgy of the EOTC], in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 271‒75.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufmann. “[Qǝddase:] Liturgical music and dance,” in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 278‒79. [Cf. Sewasew]
Bausi, Alessandro. “Qǝddase: Mäṣḥafä qǝddase [መጽሐፈ ቅዳሴ; missal],” in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 279‒81. [Cf. Sewasew]
Habtemichael Kidane. “Qǝne [ቅኔ; poetic genre of Geᶜez literature],” in EAe, vol. 4 (2010), p. 283‒85. [Cf. Sewasew]
Zanetti, Ugo and Emmanuel Fritsch. “Säᶜatat: Mäṣḥafä säᶜatat [Book of Hours],” in EAe, vol. 5 (2014), p. 501‒03.
Damon-Guillot, Anne. “Zema [ዜማ; liturgical music],” in EAe, vol. 5 (2014), p. 174. [Cf. Sewasew]
Other literature
Alexopoulos, Stefanos. “Die Liturgie in den östlichen Kirchen,” in Gottesdienst der Kirche: Handbuch der Liturgiewissenschaft; vol. 1.1: Wissenschaft der Liturgie: Begriff, Geschichte, Konzepte, edited by Martin Klöckener and Reinhard Meßner, p. 206‒76 (??). Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 2022.
- On the Ethiopian Rite, view p. 269 ff. [Google Books]
Alexopoulos, Stefanos, and Maxwell E. Johnson. Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press Academic, 2022. [Google Books]
- On the Ethiopian Rite see esp. p. xxxvi‒xxxvii (intro) · 9 (prebaptismal anointing) · 18f (consecration of the baptismal waters) · 25 (formula for baptism) · 29 (chrismation) · 34 (first communion) · 49f (reconciliation) · 66-68 (intro to eucharistic liturgies) · 75 (liturgy of the word) · 79 (pre-anaphoral rites) · 99‒104 (anaphoras) · 123 (communion and dismissal · 153‒58 (liturgical year) · 190‒98 (liturgy of the hours) · 232‒34 (marriage rites) · 297f (unction) · 350‒53 (funeral rites) · 411‒13 (bibliography)
Aymro Wondmagegnehu and Joachim Motovo, eds. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Orthodox Mission, 1970.
Chaillot, Christine. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Tradition: A Brief Introduction to Its Life and Spirituality. Paris: Inter-Orthodox Dialogue, 2002. [Archive.org]
Gallo, Tony. “A Lone Sacred Space, An Old Musical Tradition: The Dynamics of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Toronto Through Its Music.” Ph.D. dissertation. University of Montreal: Music Department, 1996. [View online]
Getachew Haile. “On the Authorship of Ethiopian Anaphoras”, Ethiopian Studies in Honour of Amha Asfaw, edited by Getachew Haile, p. 9‒38. New York: [publisher not identified], 2017. [Online version]
Habtä Maryam Wärqénäh [Like Siltanat]. Tintawi YeEthiopia Timihirt [The Old Order of Ethiopian Learning]. Addis Ababa, 1976.
Habtemichael Kidane. Bibliografia della liturgia etiopica (Orientalia Christiana analecta 280). Rome: Pontificio Istituto orientale, 2008.
Habtemichael Kidane. Celebrating the Holy Saints: The Origin, Evolution, and Liturgical Use of the Mälkəʿ (Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 67). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2024. [Gorgias Press]
Hammerschmidt, Ernst. Studies in the Ethiopic Anaphoras. 2nd, rev. edition (Äthiopistische Forschungen 25). Stuttgart, Wiesbaden: Steiner, 2005.
Harden, John Mason. The Anaphoras of the Ethiopic Liturgy (Translations of Christian Literature; Liturgical Texts 3). London: SPCK; New York and Toronto: Macmillan, 1928. [Archive.org]
Heyer, Friedrich. Die Kirche Äthiopiens: Eine Bestandsaufnahme (Theologische Bibliothek Töppelmann 22). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1971. [Google Books; p. 60‒109: “Gottesdienstliches Leben”]
Karlsson, Jonas. “The Diachronic Development of the Dǝggʷā: A Study of Texts and Manuscripts of Selected Ethiopic Antiphon Collections”. Ph.D. Dissertation in Ethiopian Studies, Faculty of Humanities at Universität Hamburg, 2024. [Online version]
McGuckin, John A., tr. The Harp of Glory: Enzira Sebhat – An Alphabetical Hymn of Praise for the Ever-Blessed Virgin Mary from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Introduced and translated from Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 40. Yonkers, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2010.
Sergew Hable Selassie. The Church of Ethiopia: A Panorama of History and Spiritual Life. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Orthodox Church, 1970. [Reprinted in 1997]
Shelemay, Kay Kaufmann. “Sounding the Challenges of Forced Migration: Musical Lessons from the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Diaspora,” in Liturgy in Migration: From the Upper Room to Cyberspace, edited by Teresa Berger, p. 229‒42 [?]. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman, and Peter Jeffery, eds. Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant: An Anthology; vol. 1 (1993): General Introduction and Dictionaries of Notational Signs; vol. 2 (1994): Performance Practice and the Liturgical Portions; vol. 3 (1997): History of Ethiopian Chant (Recent Researches in the Oral Traditions of Music 1‒3). Madison, WI: A-R Editions.
Cross-reference
» Catholic Ethiopian Rite