El Padre Pedro Páez S.J. Frente a la Interpretación Bíblica Etíope. La Controversia Sobre “Cómo llenar una Brecha Mítica".

During the early decades of the 17th century, Jesuit father Pedro Páez managed to become one of the closest and most important figures for Susǝnyos, Emperor of Ethiopia. Not only was Páez an active promoter of Catholicism, he left one of the most valuable testimonies about the history of Ethiopia during this turbulent period. Father Páez' History of Ethiopia is indeed an indispensable source for the historical reconstruction of the development of Catholicism in Ethiopia. This article represents a new approach to Páez' work; it basically maintains that the information it provides can be used to recover Ethiopian oral traditions regarding biblical commentary. Páez held intense Christological debates with Ethiopian prelates; however, this work specifically analyzes the controversies which occurred in relation to the interpretation of certain passages from the Old Testament. Standing out in Páez' narrative are the weak and rudimentary mythological vestiges in the Bible which are revived,