Shoolaan was part of a group of people who cooperated with Aläqa Zännäb in translating Bible texts into Oromo.
Origin
“[…] Scholan e stirpe Ada […] enixe auxiliantibus”
[St. Matthew and St. Mark, title page] /
“[Zännäb] with the strong help from […] and Sholan from the offspring of Ada [alias Adʾa or Ada’a]”
- Ada is a district south east of Addis Ababa
Contribution to Bible translation
Shoolaan is mentioned on the title page of the following translations:
- Matthew and Mark (publ. in 1875)
- Galatians to Revelation (1876)
- New Testament (1876)
Notes
Shoolaan may have originated from Bali, where Johannes Mayer and his colleagues worked from 1880 until early 1886.
Q: Is Sholan the same person as Gäbrä Mika’el?
- Gäbrä Mika’el [an Orthodox baptismal name?] was one of the persons Mayer employed as a teacher in his Oromo-speaking school in Bali.
Further reading
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Cross-references
» Bali mission station