The Abyssinian text, Saint Taiqla, translation and analytical study

The aim of this paper is to throw light on “The Acts of Paul and Thecla” from The Acts of the Apocryphal, New Testament, through  analysing the Ethiopic text of the book of  Thekla and translating it in a way that maintains its religious, mythological and historical importance.
 This study includes the following parts: the Introduction deals with the book of ‘Thekla’, a woman who converted to Christianity because of the preaching of the apostle Paul; then a definition of the book of Thekla, and the origin of the Ethiopic Text.  Moreover, the study includes the The Apocryphal of Bible, The Acts of The Apocryphal New Testament, The Acts of Paul and Thecla, an analytical Study of the Abyssinian Text, the content of Ethiopic text and its translation. Finally, the study ends with a conclusion and a bibliography of Arabic, Ethiopic, European sources and references.