A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale begynnyng where the Bible or scriptures weale, and contynuyng to the vtter subuersion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who saw the most things hym selfe, and was aucthour and dooer of a great parte of the same. Translated into Englysh by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde.

A compendious and most marueilous historie of the latter tymes of the Iewes common weale begynnyng where the Bible or scriptures weale, and contynuyng to the vtter subuersion and last destruction of that countrey and people. Written in Hebrue by Ioseph Ben Gorion, a noble man of the same countrey, who saw the most things hym selfe, and was aucthour and dooer of a great parte of the same. Translated into Englysh by Peter Morwyn, of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Josippon. English. Abridgments.
Edition:	And nowe newely corrected and amended by the sayde translatour.
Imprint:	[Imprinted at London : By William Seres], 1575 [1579]
Description:	[4], 257 [i.e. 256], [1] leaves
Language:	English
Series:	Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1384:24.
Subject:	Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D. -- Early works to 1800.
Format:	Microform E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4980670

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Varying Form of Title:	Compedious and most marveilous historie of the latter tymes of the Jewes common weale. Warres of the Iewes. Warres of the Jewes.
Other uniform titles:	Morwen, Peter. Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, approximately 1110-approximately 1180. Sefer ha-Kabalah.
Notes:	A translation of Abraham ben David ibn Daud's abstract, in book 3 of his "Sefer ha-Kabalah", of the anonymous "Josippon" or "Yosippon". The latter has been misattributed to a Joseph ben Gorion, usually identified with Joseph ben Gorion ha-Kohen but occasionally with Flavius Josephus. Imprint from colophon; title page reads "1575". Another issue, with cancel colophon leaf, of STC 14795, published in 1558. Leaves 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 212-13, and 252-57 misnumbered 75, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 08, 81, 82, 112-13, and 352-57; 172 repeated in number only. Last numbered leaf: 357. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. STC (2nd ed.) 14799. Available electronically as part of Early English books online. University of Chicago has also on microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1974. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1384:24).

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Item Description:	A translation of Abraham ben David ibn Daud's abstract, in book 3 of his "Sefer ha-Kabalah", of the anonymous "Josippon" or "Yosippon". The latter has been misattributed to a Joseph ben Gorion, usually identified with Joseph ben Gorion ha-Kohen but occasionally with Flavius Josephus. Imprint from colophon; title page reads "1575". Another issue, with cancel colophon leaf, of STC 14795, published in 1558. Leaves 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 212-13, and 252-57 misnumbered 75, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 08, 81, 82, 112-13, and 352-57; 172 repeated in number only. Last numbered leaf: 357. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
Physical Description:	[4], 257 [i.e. 256], [1] leaves