The Fetha Negest (Ge'ez: ፍትሐ ነገሥት, romanized: fətḥa nägäśt, lit. 'Justice of the Kings') is a theocratic legal code compiled around 1240 by the Coptic Egyptian Christian writer Abu'l-Fada'il ibn al-Assal in Arabic. It was later translated into Ge'ez in Ethiopia in the 15th century and expanded upon with numerous local laws. Ibn al-Assal took his laws partly from apostolic writings, and partly from former law codes of the Byzantine rulers.
The FethaNegest (Ge'ez: ፍትሐ ነገሥት, romanized: fətḥa nägäśt, lit. 'Justice of the Kings') is a theocratic legal code compiled around 1240 by the Coptic...
canon seems to have been created by Ethiopian scholars commenting on the FethaNegest law code, which says that the canon contains 81 books, but only lists...
(obverse) Imperial Standard of Haile Selassie (reverse) Kebra Nagast FethaNegest History of Ethiopia Monarchies of Ethiopia Nathaniel T. Kenney, "Ethiopian...
Assembly resolution. Historically, capital punishments was codified under FethaNegest in order to fulfill societal desire. Death penalty can be applied through...
particularly observant. The general list of fasts are laid out in the FethaNegest. During fasts, the observant are required to partake in no more than...
Coptic Egyptian Christian writer, 'Abul Fada'il Ibn al-'Assal, wrote the FethaNegest in Arabic. 'Ibn al-Assal took his laws partly from apostolic writings...
reign of his predecessors Asfa Wossen and Wossen Seged followed both the FethaNegest, the traditional Ethiopian legal code, as well as customary practices...
determined beyond dispute, however a great deal was incorporated into the FethaNegest, which once served as the constitutional basis of law in Ethiopia — where...
centuries-old FethaNegest and FethaNegest scholars still prevail in discussions on points of law and conflict between the old and the new. Under the old Fetha Negest...
E. A. Wallis Budge, and was published in two editions in 1922 and 1932. Fetha Nagast Replacement theology Identified in ch. 14 as "Archbishop of Rôm"...
monumental importance was the appearance of the Ge'ez translation of the FethaNegest ("Laws of the Kings"), thought to have been made around 1450, and ascribed...
with the Syro-Roman law book, also formed the basis for much of the FethaNegest, which remained in force in Ethiopia until 1931. In the west, Justinian's...
ordination while one of those repented to the Holy Synod for breaching the FethaNegest dogma. It was reported that the government, together with the Oromia...
tribute to the Abyssinians. At around this time, a code known as the FethaNegest (The Law of the Kings), was translated into Ge'ez and had begun to serve...
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