En-Nebi Samwil - DEIR SAMWIL

Source:

Epiph. mon. Hag., Enarr. Syriae

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

Paragraph:

XI, 1-2

Translation:

At the top of the Mount of Olives to the north, at a distance of sixteen miles, lies Saint Samuel the Great.

(transl. Wilkinson)

Bibliografical ref.:

Bibliography
Wilkinson, J., 2002

Summary:

Mention of the tomb of Saint Samuel at a distance from Mount Olivet, from an 8th cent. guidebook for pilgrims.

Commentary:

MS J has ἕξ μίλια (six miles) instead of μιλίων δεκαὲξ (sixteen miles), which gives the right distance from Mount Olivet to Nebi Samuel. Cf. Wilkinson, p. 341, s.v. Ramathaim-Zophim.