The wonderful and most deplorale [!] 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 engines of battery, &c. As also, of Jerusalem ; with the fearful and presaging apparitions, that were seen in the air, before her ruin
Contributors: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552; Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, approximately 1110-approximately 1180; Joseph ben Gorion, ha-Kohen
Publisher: Printed by Bill Drake & Co.
Published: 1819
Place of publication: Bellows Falls, Vt
Language: eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Jews; History
Work titles: Josippon English
Notes: Peter Morwen's translation of Sebastian Münster's Latin version of Abraham ben David's abstract of a disputed work known as Josippon or Yosippon, sometimes listed under the pseudonym Josephus ben Gorion. The translation was first published in London, 1558, under the title: A compendious and moste marveylous history of the latter times of the Jews commune weale. Cf. Dict. Nat. Biog., v. 13, p. 1067; Oxford Univ. Bodleian Libr., Cat. librorum hebraeorum, col. 1759; Jewish Encyc., v. 7, p. 260.

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