Amharic Bible 1954 Pdf

It set a benchmark for written Amharic, influencing the grammatical and stylistic conventions of Ethiopian literature for the rest of the 20th century.

The "1954 Bible" is intrinsically linked to Emperor Haile Selassie I. His desire to make the scriptures accessible to all Ethiopians began long before his coronation. When he was still heir to the throne and Regent in , he selected scholars to begin translating the Bible alongside the Ge'ez version, even importing his own printing press from Europe. Amharic Bible 1954 Pdf