(Pseudo-Josephus). Josippon
AUCTION 30 |
Tuesday, September 20th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts
Lot 324
YOSEF BEN GORION
(Pseudo-Josephus). Josippon
Basle : Henricus Petri 1541
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $650
Prof. David Flusser of Hebrew University undertook extensive research upon the origins, of the creative history, by the apocryphal “Joseph ben Gorion.” Flusser found that the author - (unlike the authentic Joseph ben Matathias Hakohen, or Josephus Flavius, a true denizen of the Second Temple era) - wrote his work in Southern Italy in the year 953 c.e.
Our copy has only the Hebrew portion of the book, printed right to left, without the Latin translation