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Lalibela, Priest King of Ethiopia

The Rock Hewn Churches

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Lalibela, Priest King of Ethiopia

By: Bonita Maffei
Narrated by: Anne-Lise Kadri
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When Lalibela, Priest King of Ethiopia, is murdered at the hands of his jealous step-brother and step-sister, and buried in the cleft of a rock face, he has a vision of the Archangel Michael, who instructs him how to build ten churches. Lalibela must rise from the dead in order to fulfill his mission of building the ten rock-hewn churches.

Written in a haunting trochaic rhythm, after the rhythm of Finland’s, "The Kalevala", Poe’s "The Raven", and "Song of Hiawatha" by Longfellow.

Lalibela, Priest King of Ethiopia is a spiritual biography of death and resurrection, mirroring the life of Christ. It was inspired by legends of the 13th century historical figure, Lalibela.

©2012 Bonita Maffei (P)2025 Bonnie Maffei History Religious Studies Royalty King
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This book sounds like it comes right out of the Bible. And the Bible is perhaps the most interesting and popular book of all time!

This vividly written story is replete with a soothsayer, a witch doctor, and a kind king infant with a revengeful sister, and a jealous brother, both of whom want to kill him. It tells of the building of Christian churches in Ethiopia.

It wasn’t clear to me how much of this story is true and exactly what era it was meant to depict. But I did enjoy it.

It sounds biblical!

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