Home›Open Questions›What Was the True Death Toll of the Persecution of Beta Israel?Open QuestionsWhat Was the True Death Toll of the Persecution of Beta Israel?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What Was the True Death Toll of the Persecution of Beta Israel?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-was-the-true-death-toll-of-the-persecution-of-beta-israel.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What Was the True Death Toll of the Persecution of Beta Israel?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-was-the-true-death-toll-of-the-persecution-of-beta-israelCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-was-the-true-death-toll-of-the-pers, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What Was the True Death Toll of the Persecution of Beta Israel?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/what-was-the-true-death-toll-of-the-persecution-of-beta-israel}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe surviving Ethiopian chronicle record names individual episodes across two centuries of intermittent campaigns, the execution of the rebel leader Goshen and reports of mass suicide rather than conversion, but no ancient or modern historian consulted has attempted a running total across the whole span from Yeshaq to Susenyos.What would resolve this A systematic collation of the surviving Ethiopian royal chronicles across each named campaign, of the kind that could establish a documented floor for at least the better-recorded episodes even without a claim to completeness for the whole two centuries.OpenEthiopian history; Ethiopian royal chronicle studiesHistory of the Jews in Ethiopia (Wikipedia)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnThe Persecution of Beta Israel Under Ethiopia's Solomonic Emperors, Religious Events Well-attested ConnectedNo ancient or modern source consulted attempts a running total across the two centuries of intermittent campaigns from Yeshaq to Susenyos.SourcesHistory of the Jews in Ethiopia (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year