Difference between revisions of "Scopus"

<p> ( '''''Σκοπός''''' , a [[Watchman]] or [[Mark]] ) '','' the popular epithet given by [[Josephus]] to an eminence at seven furlongs' distance, on the north, from Jerusalem, whence Cestius approached the city from Gabaon (el-Jib), and Titus from [[Gophna]] (Jifna), the latter obtaining a fine view of the [[Temple]] ( ''War,'' 2, 19, 4; 5, 2, 3). Dr. Robinson locates it on the high level tract and brow upon the Nablus road, being the extension of the [[Olivet]] range (Bib. Res. 1, 407), a position in which Barclay (City of the Great King, p. 74) and [[Porter]] (Handb. for Syria, p. 118) coincide. According to Lieut. Conder, this spot is still called by the equivalent Arabic name El-Mesharif, and answers to all the requirements of the military notices (Quar. Statement of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," April, 1874, p. 111; camp. p. 94). (See [[Jerusalem]]) </p>