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	Beit She'an
		Scythopolis was conquered and destroyed by the Hasmoneans at the end of the 2nd century BCE.
		Public construction in the new urban center of Scythopolis in the valley southwest of the tel, was begun in the 1st century CE.
		Preservation and restoration of the remains of the civic center of Roman-Byzantine Scythopolis was undertaken in conjunction with the archeological excavations.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Archaeology/Beitshean.html (4878 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scythopolis
		The earliest known use of the name is in II Mach., xii, 29, and in the Greek text of Judith, iii, 10.
		Although Scythopolis was the only town situated on the right bank of the Jordan, it was the capital of Decapolis and in the fourth century became the civil and ecclesiastical metropolis of Palestina Secunda.
		Among illustrious Christians of Scythopolis were: St. Procopius, martyr (8 July), who belonged to the clergy of the town (Delehaye, "Les Légendes hagiographiques", Paris, 1905, 144-6); Asterius, commentator of the Psalms in the fourth century, cited with praise by St. Jerome; Cyril, charming historian of monastic life in Palistine, who wrote seven lives of saints.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13648b.htm (489 words)

	Iconoclasm » Scythopolis I: A Mutilated Statue of Venus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Scythopolis I: A Mutilated Statue of Venus 7 November 2005
		I have been looking for parallels to the mutilated sculptures at Perge, since they will be at the centre of a chapter on the body and society in late antiquity.
		One group of material comes from Scythopolis in modern Israel, where the excavations of the Eastern Bathhouse revealed a series of sculptures.
	www.iconoclasm.dk /?p=105 (548 words)

	beit she'an/scythopolis
		Scythopolis was the largest of the ten and the only one located west of the Jordan River.
		During the Roman period, the population of Scythopolis consisted of pagans and large communities of Jews and Samaritans.
		Although Scythopolis escaped destruction, the city's inhabitants were forced to pay heavy taxes to the new rulers.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/galilee/betshean/betshtxt.htm (2830 words)

	Lion Tracks Photo QnA -- Beth Shean, the Death of Saul and more
		Scythopolis is what it was called in New Testament times.
		It subsequently became the capital city of the Decapolis (ten cities) and was the only one on the west side of the Jordan.
		During the Biblical silence of the inter-testament period, the Greco-Roman city of Scythopolis was founded in 250 B.C. encompassing the area of ancient Beth-Shean.
	www.bibleistrue.com /qna/pqna20.htm (1180 words)

	[No title]
		In Scythopolis, the single church so far uncovered in the city center is of a circular plan, and is located on the top of the Tell.
		In Scythopolis the theater continued to be used until the end of the fifth century CE, though the amphitheater went out of use in the fourth century, and a new quarter was built in the fifth century along its northern wall.
		The odeon of Scythopolis, that may have served in the past as an assembly hall for the city council, fell into disuse, perhaps with the disappearance of this institution - the boule.
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst372/readings/patrich.html (6476 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - DECAPOLIS, THE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Name of a district of Palestine that included a number of autonomous cities.
		With the exception of Scythopolis (= Beth-Shean) all these cities are east of the Jordan.
		Scythopolis was attacked by the Maccabeans (II Macc.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=195&letter=D&search=Pella (488 words)

	SCYTHIAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		SCYTHOPOLIS (Beth-shan), ancient town in the Jordan valley, the most strategic point of E Palestine, with the crossing of four roads (Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria.) A fortified Egyptian outpost, mentioned in texts of Thutmose III 1468 BC.
		During the Roman period, the population of Scythopolis consisted of Pagans, Jews and Samaritans.
		Scythopolis is about 50 miles south of Tyre, Phoenicia (Sur, Lebanon) and about 50 miles north of Jerusalem.
	www.geocities.com /amuse_amenace/scythia.htm (6847 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The latter is important mainly as the birthplace of Cyril; yet it is discussed at greater length than the desert which was the main environment for the monks who are the main topic of the book.
		Though a brief treatment of Scythopolis is reasonable, the monasteries on which B. chose to focus largely lie on the Jerusalem to Jericho road and the region to the south; Jericho is nowhere treated in depth, while Scythopolis lies some 50 km.
		The inclusion of Scythopolis has been addressed above, and the need for a description of the desert is obvious.
	www.infomotions.com /serials/bmcr/bmcr-9504-vanderspoel-ascetics.txt (2068 words)

	: : Abila Archaeological Project : :
		The name Scythopolis apparently comes from a group of Scythian mercenaries in Ptolemy II's army who settled there in 254 B.C., and it was quite evidently a pagan city.
		A large Roman theater is the outstanding ruin at Scythopolis.
		It sits in plain sight of the mound of ruins, which have been carefully excavated, revealing a city of considerable size.
	www.abila.org /html/scythopolis.html (349 words)

	avdatdesc.html
		According to Cyril of Scythopolis, who lived at the monastery for ten years, Euthymius was born in 376 AD and passed away on January 20, 473.
		Eventually, according to Cyril of Scythopolis, Euthymius had a dream in which God told him to accept worthy patrons and those who wished to be saved.
		After Cyril of Scythopolis left the monastery of Euthymius in early 555, information on the coenobium is extremely sparse.
	www.nd.edu /~stephens/euthymiusdesc.html (1305 words)

	A Chorographical Decad--Chapters 6-10
		Scythopolis, heretofore Beth-shean, one of the Decapolitan cities.
		The Talmudists very frequently propound the particular example of the city Beth-shean, which is also called Scythopolis, (see the LXX in Judges 1:27), and do always resolve it to stand in a different condition from the other cities of the land of Israel.
		For Pella was the furthest northern coast of Perea, and the south coast of Trachonitis.
	philologos.org /__eb-jl/decad02.htm (8439 words)

	Beth Shean, Scythopolis (BiblePlaces.com)
		Pompey and the Romans rebuilt Beth Shean in 63 B.C. and it was renamed Scythopolis ("city of the Scythians;" cf.
		Beth Shean (Scythopolis) (NET) Provides several pages of information on the site, discussing its strategic location, various features of the Roman city, the story of Saul, and practical information about visiting the site.
		Beth She'an (Scythopolis) (Archaeological World in Roman and Greek Period) Provides several annotated pictures that give a good feel for the site, but unfortunately all of the pictures are stamped in the middle with a copyright line which detracts from their value.
	www.bibleplaces.com /bethshean.htm (633 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Tiberias
		The town of Tiberias was founded on the lake in A.D. 17 by Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, who gave it the name of the reigning emperor, Tiberius.
		It was Count Joseph, a Jewish convert of this town living at Scythopolis, who built its first church, perhaps on the site of the Hadrianeum (a temple founded by the Emperor Hadrian and never completed).
		Under Constantine also the Jewish patriarch Hillel was converted and baptized by the missionary bishop who bore the title of Tiberias but resided elsewhere (P.G., XLI, 409-29).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14716a.htm (721 words)

	Institute of Archaeology - News & Excavations - Excavations
		The excavations at Bet Shean, which began at the site in 1980 under the auspices of the Institute of Archaeology, are among the largest archaeological undertakings in Israel today.
		Though Hellenistic Scythopolis was founded in the first half of the third century BCE, the city continued to be called Bet Shean by its Jewish population; this name lies at the core of the Arabic name “Beisan” as well.
		The exhibition “From Scythopolis to Beisan” captures the final moments of the city before the earthquake.
	archaeology.huji.ac.il /news/exhibitions.html (634 words)

	Iconoclasm » Case Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		I have previously discussed similar material from Scythopolis here and here.
		Scythopolis II: A Mutilated Statue of Bacchus 9 November 2005
		Excavations in 1990 in the Eastern Bathhouse at Scythopolis, introduced in yesterday’s post, revealed a statue of Dionysos.
	www.iconoclasm.dk /?cat=4 (2516 words)

	Beit She'an, Archaeology in Israel
		In 63 BCE the Roman general Pompey in his victorious march to power in Israel included Scythopolis in his Decapolis, a band of 10 cities which supported the Greek-Roman influence in the region.
		The city grew enormously in the second Century CE when the Roman sixth Legion was stationed in Scythopolis.
		Her crown is a walled city (Scythopolis) and in her hand she holds the horn of plenty, full to the brim with riches.
	www.jewishmag.com /39mag/shean/shean.htm (1851 words)

	IMJ \| Exhibitions \| The Cradle of Christianity
		According to Cyril of Scythopolis (Beth Shean), this "very famous monastery" was established by Martyrius, a monk from Asia Minor, who reached the Judean Desert in the second half of the fifth century.
		In the center of the monastery complex was a large courtyard surrounded by various buildings, among them a church and several chapels.
		In the northern part of the complex is a large cave where Martyrius apparently lived before the monastery was built; it was subsequently used for burial.
	www.imj.org.il /eng/exhibitions/2000/christianity/monasticism/martiriuos (472 words)

	U.S. Catholic Bishops - New American Bible
		At length Holofernes reached Esdraelon in the neighborhood of Dothan, the approach to the main ridge of the Judean mountains;
		he set up his camp between Geba and Scythopolis, and stayed there a whole month to refurbish all the equipment of his army.
		Geba: perhaps originally "Gelboe," the mountain range near the eastern end of which lay Scythopolis, the Greek name for ancient Beth-shean (Joshua 17:11).
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible_hold/judith/judith3.htm (297 words)

	A Commentary on the NT--Chorographical Inquiry, Chapters 1-3
		"Neither did Manasses drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, which is Scythopolis." So that it was within the limits of Samaria, though indeed one of the Decapolitan cities, and within the jurisdiction of the Gentiles, as we have shewed elsewhere.
		But in latitude [from Ephraim] it reacheth to Beth-shean, which is now called Scythopolis." So that that 'great plain,' to those that were journeying from Galilee, began from Beth-shean, and extended itself in latitude to the confines of Ephraim.
		And, indeed, whether Scythopolis might not derive something of its appellation from the word Succoth, I cannot well tell: methinks the name of 'Scythians' hath some smack of such a kind of original for they always dwelt, and removed from one place to another, in tents.
	philologos.org /__eb-jl/inq01.htm (4934 words)

	Pilgrim Tours
		After defeating Saul and his sons on Mt. Gilboa, the Philistines hanged their bodies on the walls of Beit-Shean.
		(1 Sam 31:10-12) During the intertestamental period, the city was renamed the "Scythopolis".
		During the time of Jesus, Scythopolis was one of the chief cities of the Decapolis--a league of ten cities sharing Greek culture and government.
	www.pilgrimtours.com /groups/mthope.htm (1124 words)

	ARTICLES
		About the middle of May [A.D. 5] the lad accompanied his father on a business trip to Scythopolis, the chief Greek city of the Decapolis, the ancient Hebrew city of Beth-shean.
		They gazed upon the marble structures from a distance but went not near the gentile city lest they so defile themselves that they could not participate in the forthcoming solemn and sacred ceremonies of the Passover at Jerusalem.
		She did not know about their controversy of the previous year as they had never revealed this episode to her.
	www.squarecircles.com /articles/joysastrip/joysastoryD3.htm (1970 words)

	Travel - Print this article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Romans returned the city, again called Scythopolis, to its former residents.
		The name Scythopolis was forgotten and the city was called Beisan, an allusion to its original name.
		During the Abbassid period, a rural settlement was built on the ruins.
	www.jewishuniverse.net /travel/print.php?articles_ID=36 (959 words)

	Amazon.com: John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus: Annotating the Areopagite (Oxford Early Christian Studies): ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Their translation of the Scholia and of John's Preface allows us for the first time confidently to place the Dionysian texts in the context in which the bulk of their early readers would have met them.
		John, the sixth-century orthodox bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine, was the first of many authors to comment upon the highly influentional Pseudo-Dionysian writings (such as The Mystical Theology).
		Written around AD 540, John's own comments in the Prologue provide the outline for introducing the concerns dominating his Scholia: biblical, classical, and patristic sources; liturgical terminology and context; orthodox and heretical doctrines of the Trinity, Christology, creation, and eschatology; Dionysian authenticity; Neoplatonism and John's unacknowledged quotations from Plotinus.
	www.amazon.com /John-Scythopolis-Dionysian-Corpus-Annotating/dp/0198269706 (1230 words)

	BLB 1Sa 28
		And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
		En-dor, a city of Manasseh, was situated in the plain of Jezreel; and Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that it was a great town in their days, four miles south from Mount Tabor, near Nain, towards Scythopolis.
		And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
	www.blueletterbible.org /tsk_b/1Sa/28/7.html (611 words)

	From the Talmud and Hebraica \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Beth-shean, or Scythopolis, was in the lot of Manasseh, Judges 1:27.
		At least, the mention of Succoth, Genesis 33:17, which had its situation on the bank of Jordan, exactly opposite to Zartanah, a town near Beth-shean, puts it out of all question that Jacob returned that way.
		And the Lower Galilee is described by the Talmudists by this character, "That it produceth sycamines, which the Upper Galilee doth not." Now the sycamine trees were in the vale, 1 Kings 10:27.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/lightfoot/talmud.viii.ii.html (4844 words)

	Judea and Palestine
		This approach is reinforced by the selection of photographs, most of which are of ancient monuments or of landscapes including ancient remains; the few artifacts shown are exclusively mosaics and coins.
		There are exceptions: notably in the chapters on sites where extensive archaeological investigations geared toward elucidating a cultural perspective have taken place (Sepphoris and Scythopolis come to mind).
		For example, in the chapter on Scythopolis the temples of Zeus and Nysa are note as important in the text but do not appear on the site plan, which is limited to remains of the Roman and Byzantine periods.
	www.archaeology.org /online/reviews/lewin.html (1059 words)

	Salim (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		In any case the position of Aenon, 6 miles distant, with a high ridge intervening, would hardly be defined by the village of Salim, with the important city of Shechem quite as near, and more easily accessible.
		This points to Tell Ridhghah, on the northern side of which is a shrine known locally as Sheikh Selim.
		There is reason to believe that this district did not belong to Samaria, but was included in the lands of Scythopolis, which was an important member of the league of ten cities.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/7575 (445 words)

	Paul Rorem, John C. Lamoreaux -John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus : Annotating the Areopagite (Oxford Early ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Paul Rorem, John C. Lamoreaux -John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus : Annotating the Areopagite (Oxford Early Christian Studies) - Carl R Kazmierski
		John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus : Annotating the Areopagite (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
		1: John of Scythopolis and the Dionysian Corpus : Annotating the Areopagite (Oxford Early Christian Studies).
	bookzsearch.com /212796john_scythopolis_dionysian_corpus_annotating_... (89 words)

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