A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale : begynnyng where the Bible or scriptures weale, and contynuyng to the vtter subuersion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who saw the most things hym selfe, and was aucthour and dooer of a great parte of the same. Translated into Englysh by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde.
| Uniform Title: | Josippon. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Imprinted at London :
By William Seres],
1575 [1579]
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| Edition: | And nowe newely corrected and amended by the sayde translatour. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | A translation of Abraham ben David ibn Daud's abstract, in book 3 of his "Sefer ha-Kabalah", of the anonymous "Josippon" or "Yosippon". The latter has been misattributed to a Joseph ben Gorion, usually identified with Joseph ben Gorion ha-Kohen but occasionally with Flavius Josephus. Imprint from colophon; title page reads "1575". Another issue, with cancel colophon leaf, of STC 14795, published in 1558. Leaves 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 212-13, and 252-57 misnumbered 75, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 08, 81, 82, 112-13, and 352-57; 172 repeated in number only. Last numbered leaf: 357. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([4], 257 [id est 256], [1] leaves |