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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 Joseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who sawe the most things himselfe, and was the author and dooer of a greater part of the same. Translated into English, by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Standardized Title:
- Josippon. English. Abridgments.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D--Early works to 1800.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 295, 294-435 pages, 1 unnumbered page)
- 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 for Thomas Adams, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, ouer against the great North doore, 1608.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- 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.
- Imperfect; pages cropped, stained, tightly bound and torn, affecting some print, including date on title page.
- Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1489:09) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 14804.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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