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Title

The Samaritan chronicle or The book of Joshua the son of Nun; tr. from the Arabic, with notes by Oliver Turnbull Crane.

Author

Joshua (Biblical figure)

Publication

New York, J.B. Alden, 1890.

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Details

Additional Authors

Crane, Oliver Turnbull

Description

v, [7]-178 pages; 20 cm

Subject

• Samaritans
• 11.29 Judaism: other
• Samaritans
• Samaritaanse handschriften
• Samaritanen
• Arabisch
• Jozua (bijbelboek)

Genre/Form

• Translations (form)
• Sources (form)

Note

• A compilation of legends of the 13th century. cf. James Alan Montgomery, "The Samaritans," p. 303.

Contents

• I. Prologue -- II. the account of the investiture of Yush'a the son of Nun with the Khalifate of the Prophet: peace be upon him -- III. The affair of Bila'am with the king of Mab -- IV. The account of the stratagem and artifice used by Bila'am against the children of Israel -- V. The history of Midyan -- VI. The account of what our master Musa, the prophet (peace be upon him) expounded before his death -- VII. The account of what Yush'a, his disciple, said, after the disappearance of his lord and master -- VIII. The account of what was done after the return of Yush'a to the people -- IX. The beginning of the book of Yush'a the son of Nun, the disciple of the master Musa, the prophet, peace be upon him -- X. The account of Yush'a's assembling the children of Israel, and his renewing the covenant with them -- Xi. The account of how they answered him, and the covenant that they entered at that time -- XII. The account of what Yush'a the son of Nun did in organizing the army, and the members thereof -- XIII. The account of the spies whom Yush'a the king sent forth -- XIV. The account of the summoning of the children of Israel to undertake the journey -- XV. The account of the passage of the children of Israel through the Urdun (Jordan) -- XVI. An account of the hymn of praise which Yush'a the king offered up -- XVII. An account of ancient Yariha (Jericho) at the time of its conquest -- XVIII. An account of the discovery of the one who took the devoted thing -- XIX. The account of who certain peoples of the Kana'anites practiced a stratagem, and obtained protection from the king -- XX. An account of the Kana'anites, whose territory the land was -- XXI. The account of this army, and its triumph, and the destruction of its enemies -- XXII. An account of the apportionment of the territories belonging to the children of Israel and their boundaries -- XXIII. The account of Yush'a did until the surveyors returned unto him -- XXIV. The account of the return of the men who were eminent in making surveys and estimating just proportions unto Yush'a the son of Nun the king
• XXV. An account of the circumstances of the children of Israel after the distribution -- XXVI. The history of Shaubak the son of Haman, the king of the Persians -- XXVII. Statement of a copy of the letter which the giants sent unto Yush'a the son of Nun, the king -- XXVIII. The history of the messenger, and what came of him -- XXIX. An account of the reply sent to the giants -- XXX. The account of what happened before the departure of the messenger from Yush'a the king -- XXXI. An account of the return of the messenger, and what he did when he reached them (i.e., the enemies) -- XXXII. The account of the reading of the letter, and what the enemy did when it was read -- XXXIII. The account of the setting out of Yush'a the king upon his expedition -- XXXIV. The account of what happened to the children of Israel in this place -- XXXV. The account of how God facilitated the escape of the children of Israel from the magicians -- XXXVI. A statement of a copy of the letter -- XXXVII. An account of Nabih, and what he did -- XXXVIII. An account of what was done during the days of divine favor -- XXXIX. The history of the duration of the days of divine favor, up to the time of the beginning of error -- XL. The history of the vicegerents of the Lord, and of the ministers of the days of Divine favor, during the preceding period that has been mentioned -- XLI. The history of the beginning of error after the death of Shamsham, the king of that time -- XLII. An account of how the beginning of error was stopped among the people -- XLIII. The history of the erring man who was envious of the descendant of Finahas, peace be upon him -- XLIV. The account of the case of the destruction of this erring man, and of his sons and company -- XLV. The history of Bokhtonassar (Nebuchadnezzar) the king of el-Mausil (Mosul) which is found in the books of the chronicles of the deeds -- XLVI. The history of el-Iskandar (Alexander the Great) -- XLVII. The history of Adrinus (Hadrian) and how he destroyed El-Quds (Jerusalem) and what happened to him with Afrim (Ephraim) and Manashshih (Manasseh) -- XLVIII. The history of 'Aqbun the imam -- XLIX. The history of what happened until Natanal from the Romans, after the death of his father -- L. The history of Baba Rabba, and what happened to him with the Romans.

LCCN

24020448

OCLC

• ocm08639270
• 8639270
• SCSB-815100

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library