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A compendious and most meruailous historie of the latter times of the Iewes common vveale· : Beginning where the Bible or scriptures leaue, and continuing to the vtter subvertion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who sawe the most things himselfe, and was authour and doer of a great 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 unnumbered leaves, 232 leaves, 4 unnumbered leaves)
- Edition:
- And now newly corrected and amended by the said translatour.
- Other Title:
- Compendious and most mervailous historie of the latter times of the Jewes common weale.
- Place of Publication:
- At London : Printed [by James Roberts] for Thomas Adames, dwelling in Paules Church-yarde, ouer against the great north doore, An. Do. 1593.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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 from STC.
- "The tenne captiuities of the Iewes", [4] leaves at end.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 711:17) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 14801.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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