The Josippon (Zëna Ayhud, 'History of the Jews') is a medieval historical chronicle composed in southern Italy around 953 CE, anonymously attributed to Joseph ben Gurion (identified with the historian Josephus). Unlike all other books in the Ethiopian canon, the Josippon has no native division into chapters and verses in its manuscript tradition. It was translated from Arabic into Ge'ez around 1300 CE and added to the Scriptures of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. In this digital edition, each 'verse' represents one complete paragraph of the continuous text.
Josippon
Chapter 1 — Table of Nations
Adam Shet Enosh Kenan Mehallael Yered Ḥanokh Metushelaḥ Lamekh Noah [1 Chron 1:1]. Noah sired Shem, Ham, and Yaphet. Sons of Yaphet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tubal, Meshekh, and Tiras; and the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphat, and Togarmah; and the sons of Yavan: Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Now the whole earth was of one language and one speech. As they traveled from the East, they found a plain, and they said one to another: "Come let us build ourselves a city." The Lord descended to see the city and the tower, and the Lord said: "Behold they are one people. Let Us go down and there confuse their language." So, the Lord scattered them from there over the face of all the earth. Therefore, its name was called Babel.
These are the families of the sons of Yaphet and the lands to which they were dispersed according to their language in their lands among their peoples: the children of Gomer are the Frankos (Franks), who inhabit the land of Franẓa (France) on the river Signa (Seigne). Riphat are the Britanos, who inhabit the land of Britania on the river Lira (Loire). The rivers Signa and Lira flow into the sea Okianus, which is the great sea. Togarmah are ten families including Khuzar, Petsenek, Alan, Bulgar (Volga Turks), KhanBYNA, Turk (TWRK), Boz (Ghuzz, Alghaz), ZiKhUKh, Ugar (Ungar = Hungarians), and Tolmats.
All these encamp in the north, and their lands are called after their names, and they camp on the rivers of HaTaL (Itil); while Ugar, Bulgar, and Petsenek camp on the great river called Danubi, which is Dunay. The children of Yavan are Yevanim (Greeks), who inhabit the lands of Ionia and Makedonia. Madai are Aldilam, who inhabit the land of Khurasan. Tubal are the Toskani, who inhabit the land of Toskana on the river Pisa (Arno). Meshekh are Saxani. Tiras are Russi. Saxani and Inglisi (Angles) dwell on the great sea; Russi camp on the river KhYVA (Kiev) that flows into the Gorgan (Caspian) Sea. Elisha are Alamania, who dwell between the mountains of Yov and Septimo, and they include the Langobardi, who came from beyond the mountains of Yov and Septimo and conquered Italia and dwell there unto this day on the rivers Pao (Po) and Tiẓio (Ticino). And among these are the Burgonia, who live on the river Rodano (Rhone); and of these BYORIA, who live on the river Rheinus, which flows into the great sea. Tiẓio (Ticino) and Pao (Po) flow into the Venetikia Sea. Tarshish united with Makedonia in one religion, and from them came Tarsus. When the Ishmaelites captured the land of Tarsus, its inhabitants fled to the border of the children of Yavan (Byzantium), and they fight against the Ishmaelites of Tarsus. Kittim are the Romani, who camp on the plain Canpania on the river Tiberio. Dodanim are the Danisci (Danes), who live on peninsulas in the Okianus sea in the land of Danmarka and in Indania in the great sea, who swore not to serve the Romans. And they hid among the waves of the Okianus Sea, but they could not for the Roman government reached unto the ultimate islands of the sea. And also, Morawa (Moravians), Charwati (Czech Croats), Corbin (Lausitz), Luẓanim (Lučané), Laichin (Poles), Krakar (Krakow), and Boymin are considered children of Dodanim; and they camp on the seashore from the border of Bulgar as far as Venetikia on the sea and extend unto the border of Saxani (Saxons) unto the great sea. They are called Sklavi (Latin Sclavi), and others say that they are the sons of Canaan, yet they are descendants of the sons of Dodanim.