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Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson: Ethiopian Thought in the Making of an English Author

Wendy Laura Belcher

Print publication date: 2012

Print ISBN-13: 9780199793211

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199793211.001.0001

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Johnson’s Reading, Beliefs, and Translation of A Voyage to Abyssinia

Johnson’s Reading, Beliefs, and Translation of A Voyage to Abyssinia

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(p.62) 3 Johnson’s Reading, Beliefs, and Translation of A Voyage to Abyssinia
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Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson
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Wendy Laura Belcher

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199793211.003.0003

Johnson was drawn to Voyage historique d'Abissinie, this chapter proposes, by its African Christianity. That is, translating it was a way of thinking about what it meant to be a Christian and how differently Christianity could be imagined. That Johnson’s interest in the text was that of a religious explorer becomes clear when examining his reading, his religious beliefs, and his editing of Voyage historique d'Abissinie.

Keywords:   Samuel Johnson, Ethiopian discourse, religious beliefs, African Christianity, Orthodox Christianity, a Voyage to Abyssinia, Voyage historique d'Abissinie

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