Jonathan Egid
Biographic Data
| ID | 4049651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Egid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Egid |
| SIGNATURE | EGID J |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2626-2175 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Light of Ləbbuna
This article reconstructs the central doctrine of the Ḥatäta Zär’a Yaʿǝqob by analyzing the faculty of ləbbuna , a term variously translated as ‘reason,’ ‘understanding,’ ‘conscience,’ or ‘heart.’ I first reconstruct the Ḥatäta’s core problem: perspective-relative justification in religious disagreement, against the seventeenth-century backdrop of interconfessional conflict in the Ethiopian highlands. I then offer a systematic account of ləbbuna …
An Ethiopian Descartes? A French Zera Yacob? Comparison, connection and the prospects for a global history of philosophy
Hegel and the Hatäta Zär'a Ya‛ǝqob
This article explores an episode in the reception of Hegel's philosophy of history and historiography of philosophy with reference to the question of the possibility of non-Western philosophy, in particular African philosophy. Section I briefly outlines the contents of the Hatäta Zär'a Ya‛ǝqob and the controversy over its authorship, focusing in particular on the argument of the Ethiopianist and scholar of Semitic languages Carlo Conti Rossini th…
In Search of Zärʾa Yaʿqob
Dissertation abstract
The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat). Episode 2
This second article in a series devoted to the history of the philosophical treatises attributed to Zar’a Yā‘eqob and his disciple Walda Ḥeywat explores the moment of “debunking”. How did doubts arise about the Hatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob as early as 1916? How did its authorship come to be attributed to Giusto d’Urbino in 1920? After all, the article by the great philologist and historian C. Conti Rossini that turned this “rare jewel of Ethiopian litera…
The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat). Episode 1
In the middle of the nineteenth century, in the Ethiopian highlands, a Catholic missionary named Giusto d’Urbino chose to put an end to his evangelizing activities and resolved to devote himself fully to studying Ge’ez, Amharic, and Ethiopia’s Orthodox civilization. His mentor, Antoine d’Abbadie, was well-known at the time for his scholarly writings on Ethiopia. D’Urbino sent him the results of his work, in particular two copies of a very rare ph…
The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat)
Certainly fooling a scholar is in itself legitimate and even praiseworthy, since it makes him feel for a time the sweetest, smoothest emotions, at the prospect of a great discovery. The illusion not only compensates for the disappointment, but even surpasses it. So what would it take to fool an entire academy? The following study focuses on one text, the Treatise of Zar'a Yā'eqob or Ḥatatā Zar'a Yā'eqob, and its appendix, the Ḥatatā Walda Heywat.…
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The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat). Episode 2
This second article in a series devoted to the history of the philosophical treatises attributed to Zar’a Yā‘eqob and his disciple Walda Ḥeywat explores the moment of “debunking”. How did doubts arise about the Hatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob as early as 1916? How did its authorship come to be attributed to Giusto d’Urbino in 1920? After all, the article by the great philologist and historian C. Conti Rossini that turned this “rare jewel of Ethiopian litera…
The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat). Episode 1
In the middle of the nineteenth century, in the Ethiopian highlands, a Catholic missionary named Giusto d’Urbino chose to put an end to his evangelizing activities and resolved to devote himself fully to studying Ge’ez, Amharic, and Ethiopia’s Orthodox civilization. His mentor, Antoine d’Abbadie, was well-known at the time for his scholarly writings on Ethiopia. D’Urbino sent him the results of his work, in particular two copies of a very rare ph…
The History of a Genuine Fake Philosophical Treatise (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob and Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat)
Certainly fooling a scholar is in itself legitimate and even praiseworthy, since it makes him feel for a time the sweetest, smoothest emotions, at the prospect of a great discovery. The illusion not only compensates for the disappointment, but even surpasses it. So what would it take to fool an entire academy? The following study focuses on one text, the Treatise of Zar'a Yā'eqob or Ḥatatā Zar'a Yā'eqob, and its appendix, the Ḥatatā Walda Heywat.…
Hegel and the Hatäta Zär'a Ya‛ǝqob
This article explores an episode in the reception of Hegel's philosophy of history and historiography of philosophy with reference to the question of the possibility of non-Western philosophy, in particular African philosophy. Section I briefly outlines the contents of the Hatäta Zär'a Ya‛ǝqob and the controversy over its authorship, focusing in particular on the argument of the Ethiopianist and scholar of Semitic languages Carlo Conti Rossini th…
In Search of Zärʾa Yaʿqob
Dissertation abstract
The Light of Ləbbuna
This article reconstructs the central doctrine of the Ḥatäta Zär’a Yaʿǝqob by analyzing the faculty of ləbbuna , a term variously translated as ‘reason,’ ‘understanding,’ ‘conscience,’ or ‘heart.’ I first reconstruct the Ḥatäta’s core problem: perspective-relative justification in religious disagreement, against the seventeenth-century backdrop of interconfessional conflict in the Ethiopian highlands. I then offer a systematic account of ləbbuna …
An Ethiopian Descartes? A French Zera Yacob? Comparison, connection and the prospects for a global history of philosophy
African history and culture analysis (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works)