Why the Ethiopian Bible Has 81 Books | Enoch, Jubilees & the Biblical Canon

Why does the Ethiopian Bible have 81 books? Explore the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, the books of Enoch and Jubilees, and the history behind the narrower and broader biblical canons. From ancient Aksum and the Ge’ez manuscripts to the history of the biblical canon, this documentary explains how different traditions count and preserve sacred texts. CHAPTERS 00:00 Why 81 books? 01:31 Aksum and early Christianity 03:49 Ge’ez and the Garima Gospels 05:27 Enoch and Jubilees 07:36 Two ways to count 81 09:18 The broader canon 10:53 The puzzle in the Fetha Negest 12:36 Protestant, Catholic and Ethiopian Bibles 14:22 What Ethiopia preserved Subscribe to Story of the Gods for sacred texts and ancient worlds. AI-assisted historical reconstructions, narration and music are used for illustration. Recreated scenes are not archival footage. IMAGE CREDITS Wikimedia Commons images, cropped/animated for this documentary: Ismoon (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Rod Waddington (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Francesco Bini (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Joe Castleman (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Joe Castleman (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... A. Davey (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... A. Davey (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... A. Davey (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Rod Waddington (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Additional public-domain/CC0 manuscripts and historical images: Wikimedia Commons. #EthiopianBible #BibleHistory #BookOfEnoch