Israel of Axum

Israel of Axum

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Israel (vocalized Ge'ez እስራኤል "ʾIsrāʾēl" or ይስራኤል "Yisrāʾēl", c.590) was a king of Axum. He is primarily known through the coins minted during his reign.

The "Kebra Nagast" and Ethiopian historical tradition states that Kaleb had two sons, Gabra Masqal and Israel. While Munro-Hay doubts this Israel was the son of King Kaleb, tradition may have remembered Israel better than the other kings between him and Kaleb (or Gabra Masqal), and compressed the succession. [S. C. Munro-Hay, "Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity" (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), p. 13.] Richard Pankhurst mentions the name of this king as an early example of Judaic influence in Ethiopian culture. [Richard Pankhurst, "The Ethiopians: A History" (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), p. 36]

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