KEBRA NAGAST

"The chef d'oeuvre of Ethiopian literature is the 'Kebra Nagast ' ("Glory of the Kings") which has as its centerpiece the legend of the Queen of Sheba (based on the narrative in 1 Kings 10:1-13 and liberally amplified and embellished ), how she visited Solomon, accepted his religion, and bore him a son (Menelik I), and how the son visited his father, and abducted the Ark of the Covenant which was taken to Aksum, the new Zion... "The 'Kebra Nagast' is not merely a literary work, but--as the Old Testament to the Hebrews or the Quran to the Arabs--it is the repository of Ethiopian national and religious feelings." P. 74-75, "The Kebra Nagast," ETHIOPIA AND THE BIBLE by Edward Ullendorff (Oxford: 1967)