A compendious and most maruelous history of the latter times of the Iewes common-weale : beginning where the Bible, or Scriptures leaue, and continuing 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 savve the most thinges himselfe, and was author and dooer of a greater part of the same. Translated into English, by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Morwen, Peter.

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

Joseph ben Gorion, ha-Kohen, attributed name.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1489:8.

Standardized Title:

Josippon. English. Abridgments.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D--Early works to 1800.

Jews.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 295, 294-435 pages, 1 unnumbered page

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Edition:

And now newly corrected and amended by the said translator.

Other Title:

Compendious and most marvelous history of the latter times of the Jewes common-weale.

Place of Publication:

At London : Printed [by Richard Read?] for Thomas Adams, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, ouer-against the great north doore, 1602.

Notes:

A translation of Abraham ben David, ha-Levi'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.

Printer's name conjectured by STC.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1489:08). s1978 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 14803.

Related Work:

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

OCLC:

55191581