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| Of the Patriarch Jacob.
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X.1094
| 1094
In Georgius Syncellus, Chron., p. 107, al. 86. |
Of the Patriarch Jacob.
1. The shepherd’s tent belonging to
Jacob, which was preserved at Edessa to the time of Antonine Emperor of
the Romans, was destroyed by a thunderbolt.1095
| 1095
Heliogabalus is probably intended, in whose time Africanus
flourished. At least so thinks Syncellus. |
2. Jacob, being displeased at what had been
done by Symeon and Levi at Shecem against the people of the country, on
account of the violation of their sister, buried at Shecem the gods
which he had with him near a rock under the wonderful
terebinth,1096
| 1096
On this terebinth, see Scaliger (ad Græca Euseb., p.
414); Franciscus Quaresimus, in Elucid. terræ sanctæ;
Eugenius Rogerius, etc.; and also Valesius, ad Euseb. De Vit.
Constant., iii. 53, notes 3 and 5. | which up to this
day is reverenced by the neighbouring people in honour of the
patriarchs, and removed thence to Bethel. By the trunk of this
terebinth there was an altar on which the inhabitants of the country
offered ectenæ1097
| 1097
Scaliger acknowledges himself ignorant of this word ἐκτενας. In the Eastern
Church it is used to denote protracted prayers (preces
protensiores) offered by the deacon on behalf of all classes of
men, and the various necessities of human life. See Suicer,
sub voce. Allatius thinks the text corrupt, and would
read, ἐφ᾽ ὃν τά
ὁλοκαυτώματα
καὶ τὰς
ἑκατόμβας
ἀνεφερον = on
which they offered both holocausts and hecatombs. [Littledale,
Eastern Offices, p. 253.] |
in their general assemblies; and though it seemed to be burned, it was
not consumed. Near it is the tomb of Abraham and Isaac. And
some say that the staff of one of the angels who were entertained by
Abraham was planted there.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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