The wonderful and most deplorable history of the latter times of the Jews
Subtitle: with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem : which history begins where the Holy Scriptures end
By: 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
Contributors: Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, ca. 1110-ca. 1180; Morwen, Peter
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 4463
Publisher: Adams & Wilder, for Isaiah Thomas, Jun.
Published: 1803
Place of publication: Leominster, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D
Other titles: War of the Jews
Work titles: Josippon
Notes: 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

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