Qemant - History

The origins of the Qemant are shrouded by history, as they do not have any written history. According to oral tradition, the founder of the Qemant was a man called Anayer. Anayer is said to have been a grandson of Canaan, son of Ham, son of Noah. After seven years of famine in his own country, he is said to have come to the area of Lake Tana, in Ethiopia. As he traveled with his wife and children, he met the founder of the Beta Israel, who is said to have been traveling in the same direction. According to Wambar Muluna Marsha, they were from the same c ...

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The Qemant traditionally practiced a religion which is said to combine elements from Judaism, paganism and animism. According to the American scholar Frederic C. Gamst, their "Hebraism is an ancient form and unaffected by Hebraic change of the past two millenia". A recent sociolinguistic survey notes that the Kemant religion is in a very precarious situation since very few people still adhere to it. According to this study, the ratio of those who follow the Kemant religion vs. those who are baptized and converted to Orthodox Christianity is about 1% vs. 99%^{See also:}

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Qemant - Notes. ^  Leyew 2002 p. 8. Qemant - References. Gamst, Frederic C. (1969) The Quemant. A Pagan-Hebraic Peasantry of Ethiopia. New York: Holt, Rinehart And Winston. Hancock, Graham (1992) The Sign and The Seal (pp. 241-249). New York: Touchstone Books. Leyew, Zelealem (2002) 'Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Kemant (Qimant) Language of Ethio ...

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