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    Josippon (Hebrew: ספר יוסיפון Sefer Yosipon) is a chronicle of Jewish history from Adam to the age of Titus. It is named after its supposed author, Flavius...
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    versions of the story appear in Jewish sources such as the Talmud and Josippon. The book 2 Maccabees depicts events during the turbulent period of the...
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    Jewish author of the medieval historical chronicle Josippon lists the ten sons of Togarmas in his Josippon as follows: Kwzar (כוזר) (the Khazars) Pyṣynq (פיצינק)...
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    by medieval Jewish scholars, such as in works written by Saadia Gaon, Josippon, and Don Isaac Abarbanel, who, based on their own knowledge of the nations...
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    broader canon adds to the 81 books of the Tewahedo bible the following: Josippon (1 book) Sinodos (4 books) Book of Covenant (2 books) Ethiopic Clement...
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  • the temple in 70 AD. The book bears some relationship to the history of Josippon. The book was not called "5 Maccabees" until 1832, when the name was first...
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    the time of Simeon the Great. In the 9th–10th centuries, the so-called "Josippon", written in Hebrew, appeared in Italy. It described the events of world...
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    material found in the Josippon (a chronicle of Jewish history from Adam to the age of Titus believed to have been written by Josippon or Joseph ben Gorion)...
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  • Amalek. He is mentioned in Genesis 36:11. According to the legend quoted in Josippon, he was captured by the military forces of Joseph and imprisoned, later...
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  • of Manasseh Psalm 151 3 Maccabees 4 Maccabees Odes Orthodox Tewahedo Enoch Jubilees 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan Paralipomena of Baruch Josippon Broader canon...
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