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Josippon (1546) Nevi'im (Prophets) Latter Minor Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Ketuvim (Writings) Five Megillot (Scrolls) Historical Old Testament ( Christianity ) Deuterocanonical Bible portal v t e Josippon (or Sefer Yosippon , the Book of Yosippon , Hebrew : ספר יוסיפון ) is one of the most influential medieval chronicles of Jewish history , translated into many languages and republished in many editions, and a landmark of Jewish national historiography . It is a history of the Roman Empire and its Jewish inhabitants from the biblical history of Adam to the age of Titus . The author writes that he is copying the works of Roman-Jewish historian Josephus to whom its name refers. It was composed in the 10th century in Byzantine Italy . The Ethiopic version of Josippon is recognized as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church . It is also part of the Coptic Bible . One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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Josippon is the name usually given to a popular chronicle of Jewish history from Adam to the age of Titus , attributed to an author Josippon or Joseph ben Gorion. The chronicle was probably compiled in Hebrew early in the 10th century, by a Jewish native of south Italy . The first edition was printed in Mantua in 1476. Josippon subsequently appeared in many forms, one of the most popular being in Yiddish , with quaint illustrations. Though the chronicle is more legendary than historical, it is not unlikely that some good and even ancient sources were used by the first compiler, the Josippon known to us having passed through the hands of many interpolators. The book enjoyed much vogue in England . Peter Morvyn in 1558 translated an abbreviated version into English, and edition after edition was called for. Lucien Wolf has shown that the English translations of the Bible aroused so much interest in the Jews that there was a widespread desire to know more about them. This led to the circulation of many editions of Josippon , which thus formed a link in the chain of events which culminated in the readmission of the Jews to England by Oliver Cromwell .
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Josippon (1546) Josippon is a chronicle of Jewish history from Adam to the age of Titus believed to have been written by Josippon or Joseph ben Gorion.The Ethiopic version of Josippon is recognized as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Metzger, Bruce M.The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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Josippon (1546) Josippon ( Sefer Yosipon ) is a chronicle of Jewish history from Adam to the age of Titus .It is named after its supposed author, Josephus Flavius , though it was actually composed in the 10th century in south Italy . The Ethiopic version of Josippon is recognized as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church . The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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It is named after its supposed author, Josephus Flavius , though it was actually composed in the 10th century in Southern Italy . The Ethiopic version of Josippon is recognized as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church . The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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name usually given to a popular chronicle of jewish history from adam to the age of titus
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one of the most influential medieval chronicles of jewish history
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