The wonderful and most deplorable history of the latter times of the Jews : with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem : which history begins where the Holy Scriptures end / by Josephus ben Gorion ; whereunto is added, a brief of the ten captivities, with the portrait of the Roman rams, and the engines of battery, &c. ; as also, of Jerusalem, with the fearful and the presaging apparitions, that were seen in the air, before her ruin.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, approximately 1110-approximately 1180.

Morwen, Peter.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4463.

Standardized Title:

Josippon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--B.C. 586-A.D. 70.

Jews.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 305 pages ; 18 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

The war of the Jews.

Place of Publication:

Leominster, Mass. : Printed by Adams & Wilder, for Isaiah Thomas, Jun., sold by them, 1803.

Notes:

For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

Peter Morwen's translation of Abraham ben David's abstract of a disputed work known as Yosippon or Josippon, sometimes listed under pseudonym, Josephus ben Gorion. The translation was first published in London, 1558, under the title: A compendious and most marvelous history of the latter times of the Jews commune weale. Cf. Dict. Nat. Biog., v. 39, p. 170; Universal Jewish Encyl., v. 6, p. 210.

Running title: The war of the Jews.

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1965. 4 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4463).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 4463.

OCLC:

123143591