Title: Josephus Hebraicus diu desideratus, et nunc ex Constantinopolitano exemplari iuxta Hebraismum opera Sebastiani Munsteri versus, & annotationibus atque collationibus illustrates. Continuat autem historias sacras à captivitate Babylonica [...]
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Full title:</b> Josephus Hebraicus diu desideratus, et nunc ex Constantinopolitano exemplari iuxta Hebraismum opera Sebastiani Munsteri versus, &amp; annotationibus atque collationibus illustrates. Continuat autem historias sacras à captivitate Babylonica usq[ue] ad præsidem Pilatum, co[m]plectens simul apocrypha sequentia: Magnificientam Danielis apud Chaldæos. Demissionem eius in Iacum Ieonum. Cibationem per Habakuck prophetam. Subversionem templi Bel dei Babyloniorum. Occisionem draconis. Disputationem, quid fortius inter vinum, regem &amp; mulierem. III. Ezræ III. Apocrypha quæ in libro Esther inveniuntur. Gesta quædam Alexandri Magni &amp; successorum eius regum Græcorum. Sacri ignis in puteo absconditi inventionem. Utrumq[ue] librum Machabæorum. Regni Judæorum incrementum &amp; decrementum. Herodis Magni &amp; filiorum eius tyrannicum inter Judæos regimen. Hæc lector si tibi arridere viderimus, dabimus &amp; bellum Judaicum seu excidium Jerosolymitanum à Josepho Hebraicè conscriptum.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.3333px;">pp. [12], 178, ff. [2], [66]. Signatures: A⁵ a⁴ b⁶-n⁶ o-p⁴ q⁶; A-L6. Calf by Aquarius. Two leaves (a2-3) supplied from another copy. Engraved initials. Engraved vignettes facing each other at end of each part. Stamp "AJF" (Arthur and Janet Freeman). Manuscript note at end. First part in Latin, second part (ff. [66]) in Hebrew.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.3333px;"><br /></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.3333px;">First Sebastian Münster Latin version of the Yosippon (i.e., Josippon), an account of Jewish history supposedly written either by Josephus or by the Joseph ben Gurion mentioned by him, cf. Encyc. Judaica, 1971. The authenticity of the work was first questioned by Joseph Scaliger, and it is now considered a 10th-century forgery.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.3333px;"><br /></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.3333px;">See A. Grafton, Joseph Scaliger. A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship, Oxford &amp; New York, 1993, ii: p. 695-96; and A. Whealey, Josephus on Jesus. The Testimonium Flavianum Controversy from Late Antiquity to Modern Times, New York, 2003, pp. 58-62, 69 n. 27, on the text of the ‘three’ versions of the Josippon (Bib# 4102642 /Fr# 101 in this collection). This Münster version reprints the Hebrew text of the Constantinople 1510 edition. See H. M. Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1967, J 346.</span></font><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.3333px;"><br /></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039106729707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>