
Josippon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Book of Joseph ben Gurion, Yosëf wäldä Koryon, Pseudo-Josephus
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- Author
- Joseph ben Gorion ha-Kohen
- First published
- 2010
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Jews, History, Josippon
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- 0953-00-00
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Josippon (or Sefer Yosippon, the Book of Yosippon, ) 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.