Talk:Nicholas McLeod

Possible hoax
One would hope to find the books this man wrote in the Catalogue of the British Library, but no such luck. Verify or delete. Pilatus 05:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)


 * This Google Books search "N McLeod" Japan produces as the first hit A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English: A Select List of Over 2500 Titles by Jozef Rogala, pub. Routledge (UK), Nov 2000, ISBN 1873410913. It has a biography and bibliography for N McLeod, confirming the details (except that he was called Nicholas, not Norman). Tearlach 05:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The Illustrations to the Epitome of the ancient history of Japan are in the Scottish National Library, in the Rare Book Collection. Might spend an afternoon in there. Pilatus 23:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Dates don't add up
Something is wrong here. The conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel is traditionally dated 722 BC and the last king was Hoshea, that is fine so far. However the first Emperor of Japan it the legendary Emperor Jimmu, who ascended the throne in 660 BC. His name is nowhere close to "Osee", as the article says. Can someone who has access to the original literature please make sense of this?! Pilatus 18:01, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * On the other hand see and, which also mention the name "Osee". Pilatus 21:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't find any verification of this "Osee" outside sources derived from McLeod's book. Tearlach 22:28, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The Jewish Encyclopedia cites McLeod
 * He [McLeod] calls attention to a point of agreement between the two, namely, the fact that the first known king of Japan was Osee
 * I wonder if there is an independent source for this "Osee" or (more likely) or if the Jewish Encyclopedia merely reproduces McLeod's peculiar reasoning. Pilatus 23:13, 2 January 2006 (UTC)