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Zera Yacob
1599–1692 · Ethiopian rationalism · Early modern
Zera Yacob (Zärʾa Yaʿəqob) is the name given to the author of the Hatata (Inquiry), a Ge'ez treatise said to be written in 1667 by a scholar from Aksum who hid in a cave during religious persecution.
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