The Books of Meqabyan — Collector's Edition

Three books. Ethiopia kept them all.

You've never heard of the Books of Meqabyan.

Almost no one in the Western world has.

They aren't in your Bible. They were never in the Septuagint. They weren't preserved in Greek or Latin. They exist in Ge'ez — the classical liturgical language of Ethiopia — and in the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, where they have been read as scripture for over a thousand years.

Three separate books. One name. A world of theology most Western readers have never encountered.

What's Inside

This collector's edition contains the complete text of all three Books of Meqabyan — translated from Ge'ez — with an introduction by E. Cross.

1 Meqabyan tells the story of three martyrs — Seela, Abya, and Fentos — who refuse to bow before the idol-worshipping king Tseerutsaydan. When thrown into the fire, they give their bodies willingly. When their king encounters them afterward in a vision, they do not curse him. They instruct him.

2 Meqabyan opens with the Moabite king Meqabees destroying Jerusalem — not as a villain, but as an instrument of divine punishment. When confronted by the prophet Re'ay, he repents completely and becomes a figure of radical conversion. The book's second half is a sustained argument for the Resurrection of the dead — one of the most extensive treatments in the entire biblical canon, from any tradition.

3 Meqabyan begins with the Devil himself speaking — in the first person, at length — explaining how he misleads humanity. A prophet answers him. What follows is a meditation on the Fall, Adam, repentance, and the Resurrection that will reverse everything the Devil accomplished.

Why These Books Matter

The Books of Meqabyan are living scripture — read in Ethiopian Orthodox churches every week for over 1,600 years. They reflect a branch of Christianity that developed independently of Rome and Constantinople, preserving texts the Western church never received.

Why a Collector's Edition?

These books are not available in any standard Bible. Not taught in seminaries. Not cited in Sunday sermons. This edition puts all three in your hands in a single volume — formatted for reading, not for scholars.

• Softcover, lay-flat binding
• 6 × 9 trade format
• Complete text of all three books, unabridged
• Introduction by E. Cross
• 108 pages
• Printed in the United States

If you finished the Book of Enoch and wanted more — this is the next step. If you've read Jubilees and wondered what else Ethiopia kept — here it is.