See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

OLIVES, See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. See also:

• JEBEL (plur. jibed)

Jebel-et-Tur)  , the See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge facing the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount at See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, and separated from it by the Kidron . A basis of hard cretaceous See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone is topped with softer deposits of the same, See also:

• QUATERNARY

quaternary deposits forming the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit . There are four distinct elevations in the ridge: traditionally the southernmost, which is separated by a cleft from the others, is called the " See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill of Offence," and said to be the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon's See also:

• IDOLATRY

idolatry . The summit to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of this is often (wrongly) spoken of as Olivet proper . Still worse is the See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error ofcalling the next hill but one to the north " Scopus." The See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the ridge affords a comprehensive view . There are four Old Testament references: 2 Sam. xv . 30 sqq., Neh. viii . 15, Ezek. xi . 23, Zech. xiv . 4 . In the New Testament the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is mentioned in connexion with the last days of the See also:

• LIFE

life of Jesus . He crossed it on his kingly entry into Jerusalem, and upon it he delivered his See also:

• GREAT

great eschatological address (See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark xiii.3) .

That the See also:

• ASCENSION
• ASCENSION, FEAST OF THE

Ascension took place from the summit of the Mount of See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

Olives is not necessarily implied in Acts i . 12; the words " over against See also:

• BETHANY (mod. el-'Azariyeh)

Bethany " (See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 50) perhaps mean one of the secluded ravines on the eastern slope, beside one of which that See also:

• VILLAGE

village stands . But since See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine erected the " See also:

• BASILICA

Basilica of the Ascension " on the spot marked by a certain sacred See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave (Euseb . Vita Const . 41), the site of this event has been placed here and marked by a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of churches . The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• BUILDING

building is quite See also:

• MODERN

modern, and is in the hands of the Moslems . See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

Close to the See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel of the Ascension is the vault of St See also:

• PELAGIA, ST

Pelagia, and a little way down the hill is the See also:

• LABYRINTH (Gr. Xa(3vpcvOos, Lat. labyrinthus)

labyrinth of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-hewn sepulchral See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers now called the " Tombs of the Prophets." During the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages Olivet was also shown as the mount of the Transfiguration . A chapel, bearing the name of the See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

Caliph See also:

• OMAR (c. 581-644)

Omar, and said to occupy the place where he encamped when Jerusalem surrendered to the Moslems, formerly stood beside the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of the Ascension . There are a considerable number of monasteries and churches of various religious orders and sects on the hill, from whose beauty their See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform and unredeemed ugliness detracts sadly . On See also:

• EASTER

Easter See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day 1907 was laid the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a See also:

• HOSPICE (Lat. hospitium, entertainment, hospitality, inn, hospes, host)

hospice for pilgrims, under the patronage of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German empress .