_Book of Jasher_ (Vol. v., pp. 415. 476. 524.).--Hartwell Horne, in his
_Introduction_ (vol. ii. part ii. pp. 132-138. ed. 1839), has with much
diligence exposed both Ilive's original forgery (1751) and the
"unacknowledged reprint" (1829). He adds:
"There is also extant a Rabbinical Hebrew Book of Jasher printed at
_Venice_ in 1625, which is an explanation of the histories contained in
the Pentateuch and Joshua. Barlocci, in his _Biblioth. Rabbinica_,
states that it contains some curious but many fabulous things; and
particularly that this book was discovered at the time of the
destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in a certain place, in which an
old man was shut up, in whose possession a great number of Hebrew books
were found, and among them the Book of Jasher; which was first carried
into Spain, and preserved at Seville, whence finally it was taken to
Naples, where it was first published."--Vol. iii p. 934.
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Is this the work published at New York in 1840? I suppose so: at least, if
"Prof. Noah" has been reproducing the _Bristol Book of Jasher_ (1829), he
can claim but little of the _justice and perfectness_ of his great
namesake.