Two journies to Jerusalem : Containing, I. A strange and true account of the travels of 2 English pilgrims some years since, and what admirable accidents befel them in their journey to Jerusalem, Gr. Cairo, Alexandria, &c. II. The travels of fourteen Englishmen in 1669. to Jerusalem, Bethlem, Jericho, the river Jordan, the lake of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. With the antiquities, monuments, and memorable places mentioned in Scripture
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Title: Two journies to Jerusalem : Containing, I. A strange and true account of the travels of 2 English pilgrims some years since, and what admirable accidents befel them in their journey to Jerusalem, Gr. Cairo, Alexandria, &c. II. The travels of fourteen Englishmen in 1669. to Jerusalem, Bethlem, Jericho, the river Jordan, the lake of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. With the antiquities, monuments, and memorable places mentioned in Scripture
Classmark: Modern History V-0/CRO
Creator(s): R. B (1632-1725)
Additional creator(s): Timberlake, Henry (1626) (Other); Brett, Samuel (Other); Homes, Nathanael (1599-1678) (Other)
Related people: Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676; Timberlake, Henry; Brett, Samuel; Homes, Nathanael
Publisher: Printed for A. Bettesworth... and J. Hodges
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1738
Language: English
Size and medium: 183 p. incl. front., 1 illus., plate
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/219018
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011523409705181
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1. A description of the Holy Land, its situation, fertility, &c. 2. The several captivities of the Jews, after they were possess'd thereof. 3. Probable conjectures of what is become of the ten tribes, who were carried captives by the Assyrians, with divers pertinent relations pursuant thereunto. 4. The state of the Jews since their extermination, with the present condition of Palestine. Together with a relation of the great council of the Jews in the plains of Hungary in 1650. to examine the Scriptures concerning Christ. By. S[amuel] B[rett] an Englishman there present. With an account of the wonderful delusion of the Jews by a false Christ at Smirna, 1666. Lastly, the final extirpation and destruction of the Jews in Persia in 1666. and the occasion thereof. Collected by R. Burton [pseud.] and beautified with pictures.
Signatures: A-Hp12s (Ab1s, recto, Ab2s, verso, Hb8s, verso, Hb9-12s, advertisements; Ab1s, verso, frontispiece).
Pages 96, 121 incorrectly numbered 99, 112, respectively.
Title within double line border.
"A strange and true account of the late travels of two English pilgrims" (Henry Timberlake and John Burrell) was written by Henry Timberlake, and originally published in 1603.
"A brief chronology concerning the Jews, from the year of Christ 1650, to 1666. By Nath. Homes, D.D.": p. 120-125.
"The counterfeit Messiah; or, False Christ of the Jews, at Smyrna, in the year 1666. Written by an English person of quality there resident." (An account of Sabatai Sevi): p. 127-162.
"The proceedings about the Jews in England in the year 1655": p. 169-176.
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