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Josippon, Flavius Josephus, Feurth 1767

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  • Lot Number 45504
  • Title (English) Josippon
  • Title (Hebrew) יוסיפון
  • Note Women
  • Author Flavius Josephus
  • City Fuerth
  • Publisher חיים בן צבי הירש
  • Publication Date 1767
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
  • Estimated Price - High 500

  • Item # 1211712
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Description

Physical Description:

163; [2], 101 ff., quarto, 210:168 mm., heavy use staining, rounded margins, several tears with loss, bound in contemporary boards, new spine.

 

Detailed Description:   

Josippon, considered by many to be the Hebrew version written by Josephus for the Jews, has been attributed to Joseph ben Gurion, a tenth century resident of southern Italy. Whether this Joseph was the author or not, internal evidence dates Josippon to the middle of that century, with one manuscript being dated 953. Furthermore, a primary source of the author, who did reside in southern Italy, then part of the Greek speaking Byzantine Empire, was a Latin manuscript with sixteen only of the Antiquities’ twenty books and the Hegesippus, a Latin adaptation of the Jewish War, suggesting that the author was not literate in Greek. He was, however, knowledgeable in Jewish literature, as evidenced by his Hebrew style and use of older material. Josippon is divided into six books, subdivided into 97 chapters. It is based upon the works of Josephus, primarily the Wars and Antiquities, and to a lesser extent Against Apion, excluding the Life. Joseph does, however, occasionally insert material from other sources, including oral traditions. There is also much legendary and non-historical matter in Josippon.

 

Hebrew Description: 

כתר כהונה והוא חלק ראשון מספר יוסיפון בלשון אשכנז / חברו ... יוסף בן גוריון הכהן ... (וגם כתר מלכות והוא חלק שני חברו מנחם מן בן שלמה הלוי נר"ו ונקרא שמו שארית ישראל)

 

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