The wonderful and most deplorable history of the latter times of the Jews : with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem : which history begins where the Holy Scriptures end / 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.
| Other author | Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, approximately 1110-approximately 1180. |
| Other author | Morwen, Peter, translator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leominster, Mass. : Printed by Adams & Wilder, for Isaiah Thomas, Jun., sold by them, 1803. |
| Description | vi, 305 pages ; 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Josippon. |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 4463. ^A575643 |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Running title: The war of the Jews. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 4463 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4463). |
| Other title | The war of the Jews. |
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