Some observations of the additions to, and differences from the truth contained in the story of the holy scripture

Some observations of the additions to, and differences from the truth contained in the story of the holy scripture

Full title: Some observations of the additions to, & differences from the truth contained in the storie of the holy scripture : Together with a compend of the rest of Josephus his xx Books of the Jewish Antiquities. [With:] A Compend of Josephus his 7 bookes of the Jewish warres [and:] A compend of the ecclesiasticall historie in X books by Eusebius Pamphilus [and:] A compend of the ecclesiasticall historie in VII bookes by Socrates scholasticus [and:] A compend of the ecclesiasticall historie written in VI bookes by Evagrius scholasticus.

[England?] : publisher not specified

20 November 1651- 23 January 1651/52.

[228] leaves ; 8vo (142 x 90 mm).

Manuscript "compiled by a careful reader in the mid-seventeenth-century, starting by picking out differences between Josephus and the Old Testament, and continuing with a general summary of the events in Josephus and in the ecclesiastical historians Eusebius of Caesarea, Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus. Since no Latin or Greek is quoted, it is possible that the writer was working primarily from English versions." -- bookseller's description. Binding: Contemporary dark calf, almost the entire surface rubbed away and since conserved, two brass clasps on fore-edge, joints cracking.

Bookplate: North Library (Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, cf. Maggs Catalogue 1459 [2012], no. 105). Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.

Josephus, Flavius. Antiquitates Judaicae. English
Josephus, Flavius. De bello Judaico. English
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. Ecclesiastical history. English
Socrates, Scholasticus, approximately 379-approximately 440. Ecclesiastical history. English
Evagrius, Scholasticus, 536?- Ecclesiastical history. English

English

Dated 1651 .S66