Litchfield enquirer., 1829-02-19
THE RoOK OF yAsHER.
TFrom an ENglish paper.l

Sir: Having seen in your paper of the 5th
 inst. a paragraph, extracted from the Bris-
 tol Gazette, announcing that an important aud interesting discovery in biblical liter- atnrc haS. been recently obtained, which will excite the attention oE the Christian
 and man of letters, viz the Book of Jasll-
 CT, mentioned in Joshua, chap. 10, and ?
 Samuel, chap. l, and tina, it was procured at an immense expense by Alcurin, tllc most
 eminent man of his time, from the city Of Gazan, tn Persia. beg leave to inform you, for tho satisfaction of ,h0se biblical
 students who may read your paper, whnth-
 er Jews or Christians, that ay in possess
 sion of the Book of Jasher in tue Hebrew
 language. which idid ilae procure at an im-
 menso expense, bur accideDt shrew 1t in
 my way in meeting with m lsraelite from
 Barbary, who presented me with it, ssi,l,-
 out Knowing its,vnluc and | am now trans-
 lating il into English and t will be publish-
 ed shortly with the Hebrew on one side and
 the English on the other, with totes rite.
 teal and historical What is rather ex-
 traordinary, l was this day busily engaged
 in translation when glance at your paper
 rivctied my attention to this singular and
 unexpectcd paragraph, as had made ma
 ny previous inQuiries cancerning 1t to my
 literary friends, and they had never heard of its existence. Tho Book, tt seems, has been preserved bv the Jews in the East,
 and some few copies, were printedin Poe
 land twenty years ago.
 It is written in that plain and beautiful
 s,yleihat will sufficiently testify iss great an-
 tiquity, and which is the chief caslsc of my
 publishing tt, will, tho Hebrew text attacA- ed dso it; and however mdtil ! veherase tlse
 sacred scripture, and however infinite \ consider the distance betxeyn this book
 and the inspired volume wkielI we possess, \ am still bold to declare that its language is equally beautiful, and throughout orc
 hundred and sixty pages it keeps llp the same cisasie, elegant, aud historical styiC as that much admired part sof Scfiptusc--.; 2;
 the history of Joseph. It commences wish
 the creation ofman, containing very cu- pioMs accounts of Jewish rccords, mot at yll
 mel,ti0ned in scripture, and reachos as iar as Joshua. The two places ln Scripture wherein tho Book of Jasher is mentioned,
 are beautifully cleared up throughout lhis Book, particularly that if 2 Samuel. chap. 1,v. xviii. Also, he bade ihem ioacl, the children Of Judah the use of tho bow; be- hold is Is written in the Book of Jhsler.'' Italso elucidatas naaMy nthcrparls of Scrip. tufe, and will set right some of ths fiiust pefpIexirsg parts of chronology.
 Wuk do not suppose that it has eOilDe down tO M as pure as the sacrcd volumes 1 q have nOt lh0 least doubt that some few parts oft are of q later dasc than the body ofsthe book. but even these cosnpasaaise1l modern parts bespaak ani antiquity q up- wards Of two thousand years. have als ready translated one halt of the Book, tav. ing heoN encoursged lo the task by some ! ChgisliaA friends, who possess . fefven snal fgr she House of Israel, aud m attach mott l0 Hebrew literature. When Sc.
 turn 10 Liverpool, which will bc shortly, shall issue torth tue prospectus Ofth6 work
 and twill Do publisied by subscsipsiop. should therefore be eIad 70 hear somcshini
 musA about the copy that AlcIsarin obtain cd, and whether t beiD the Persian 0l
 Hebrew language. \
 Respectfully yours, M. sAN1UEK., \ 1 OflO4, st, James Street, Lisnapooi | Kelso, Nov. l4. 1928,
 Lassspf 1aaeka Jussouf Patlla m lhasu n t7sz, tt Sores. u Maccdsnia..- Being the eldest son of tho eeIel1fated Is-
 mail Bey, he received careful education and namilested early tile most distinguish Cd intellectual endowments. His faiheg's power extended over almost aIl MacedOnia.
 His influence over the Ayans. and lis nili- tary services, had given him groai conse- quence. He obtained from the Porte, for Jussouf, as the age of23, the GoveFDosship of Salonichi. The port of that town was then the centre of an immensg trade, as 1 the English carried from thence their goods to che interior of Europe, in spite ot I Napolcon's decrees and French caravans travelled from thence thro' Bosnia. Jus- souf got ,l,us acquainted with Franks, and found that the prodigious amount of duties
 enabled him to graiily all his inelipasions. l He engaged in vast building schemes and | improvements, in which FEencfnnap, ol
 the name of Richard, was his iaciolum.--- Watches, arms, instruments, mnd books, were procured from Paris and London for
 Jussosif. He drank champagne, and oc-
 casionally dressed in the European cos | -N. .M- .A