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THE BOOK OF JASHER. With testimonies and notes, critical and historical, explanatory of the text.
by ILIVE, Jacob, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus.:
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bristol, printed for the editor by Philip Rose, 1829.. TITLE CONTINUED: To which is prefixed, various readings, and a preliminary dissertation, proving the authenticity of the work. Translated into English from the Hebrew by Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus of Britain, abbot of Canterbury, who went on a pilgrimage into the Holy Land and Persia, where he discovered this volume, in the city of Gazna. "Is this not written in the Book Of Jasher?" Joshua x. 13. "Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher." 2 Samuel i,18. 1829, 4to, approximately 295 x 230 mm, 11½ x 9 inches, pages: xi, [3], 1-63 plus 9 pages of Testimonies and Notes, printed in double column, original publisher's grey boards with new cloth spine, original endpapers. Head and tail of spine worn, upper board soiled at outer edge, shelf wear to edges, endpapers foxed, occasional fox spot to text and pale age-browning, otherwise a good copy. Originally printed in 1751, purporting to be a translation by Alcuin of the lost Book of Jasher and including an attestation in the name of John Wycliffe. In fact written by Jacob Ilive, whose hoax was exposed by the 'Monthly Review', December 1751, and who was later sentenced for this fraud and for his radical anti-religious writings. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47441
- Title
- THE BOOK OF JASHER. With testimonies and notes, critical and historical, explanatory of the text.
- Author
- ILIVE, Jacob, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Bristol, printed for the editor by Philip Rose, 1829.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jasher Bible Biblical apocryphal bible study scripture Alcuin Sefer ha-Yashar Pentateuch old testament hoax hoaxer Rosicrucian alcuinus
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Roger Middleton
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About Roger Middleton
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