Forthcoming: The Proposed Roots of Ayana from Syrian Roots of Mesalemism in Damot
Ayana from Mesalemism in Syria to Damot
The study of the religious landscape in 13th-century Damot must account for the arrival of Syrian religious currents and their subsequent integration into the local Ayana framework. This article argues that Mesalemism was a distinct imported tradition from Syria that predated or coincided with the rise of the Solomonic state’s ecclesiastical influence.
