THE FORTY DAYS: Christ After the Resurrection — Secrets Preserved in the Ethiopian Orthodox Canon Paperback – March 22, 2026

Acts 1:3 tells us that the risen Christ spent forty days with His apostles, speaking about the Kingdom of God. The Western Bible offers almost nothing more.But one Christian tradition — the oldest continuous church in the world — never closed that silence. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, whose canon of 81 books is the largest in all of Christendom, preserved two ancient texts that claim to record exactly what was said in those forty days: the Mäṣḥafä Kidan — the Testament of Our Lord.The most complete English-language presentation of the forty-day teachings currently available in a single volume. 64 numbered scholarly references. Fully transparent. Written for every reader — believer, scholar, or seeker.Plínio Bezerra dos Santos Filho, Ph.D. holds a doctorate in Physics from Washington University in Saint Louis and completed post-doctoral research at Harvard University. Named Outstanding Teacher of the Year at North Carolina State University, he founded the Conservation and Restoration Laboratory of Olinda (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2008) and directed over €1,000,000 in UNESCO conservation projects as founder of AERPA. Read more