time of the Transylvanian prince Bethlen Gábor, 1864. Many of Jósika's novels have been translated into German. See K. Moenich and S. Vutkovich, _Magyar Irók Névtára_ (1876); M. Jókai, "Jósika Miklós Emlékezete," _A Kisfaludy-Társaság Evlapjai, Új folyam_, vol. iii. (1869); G. W. Steinacker, _Ungarische Lyriker_ (1874). Cf. also Jósika's autobiography--_Emlékirat_, vol. iv. (1865). JOSIPPON, the name usually given to a popular chronicle of Jewish history from Adam to the age of Titus, attributed to an author Josippon or Joseph ben Gorion.[1] The name, though at one time identified with that of the historian Josephus, is perhaps a corruption of Hegesippus, from whom (according to Trieber) the author derived much of his material. The chronicle was probably compiled in Hebrew early in the 10th century, by a Jewish native of south Italy. The first edition was printed in Mantua in 1476. _Josippon_ subsequently appeared in many forms, one of the most popular being in Yiddish (Judaeo-German), with quaint illustrations. Though the chronicle is more legendary than historical, it is not unlikely that some good and even ancient sources were used by the first compiler, the _Josippon_ known to us having passed through the hands of many interpolators. The book enjoyed much vogue in England. Peter Morvyn in 1558 translated an abbreviated version into English, and edition after edition was called for. Lucien Wolf has shown that the English translations of the Bible aroused so much interest in the Jews that there was a widespread desire to know more about them. This led to the circulation of many editions of _Josippon_, which thus formed a link in the chain of events which culminated in the readmission of the Jews to England by Cromwell. (I. A.) FOOTNOTE: [1] A prefect of Jerusalem of this name is mentioned by Josephus, _Bell. Jud._ ii. 20. JOSS, in the pidgin-English of the Chinese seaports, the name given to idols and deities. It is used adjectivally in regard to many things connected with religious rites, such as "joss-house," a temple; "joss-stick," a stick which when burned gives forth a fragrant odour and is used as incense; "joss-paper," paper cut to resemble money (and sometimes with prayers written upon it) burned in funeral and other ceremonies. "Joss" is not a Chinese word, and is probably a corruption of Port. _deos_, god, applied by Portuguese navigators in the 16th century to the idols worshipped in the East Indies. The Dutch form is _joosge_ (diminutive of _joos_), whence the Javanese _dejos_, and the English _yos_, later _joss_. The word seems to have been carried to China by English seamen from Batavia.