Schaff's Seven Ecumenical Councils: First Nicaea: Canon VII: «Since custom and ancient tradition have prevailed that the Bishop of Aelia [i.e., Jerusalem] should be honored, let him, saving its due dignity to the Metropolis, have the next place of honor."; "It is very hard to determine just what was the “precedence” granted to the Bishop of Aelia, nor is it clear which is the "metropolis" referred to in the last clause. Most writers, including Hefele, Balsamon, Aristenus and Beveridge consider it to be Cæsarea; while Zonaras thinks Jerusalem to be intended, a view recently adopted and defended by Fuchs; others again suppose it is Antioch that is referred to».
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Scholch, Alexander (1985). «The Demographic Development of Palestine». International Journal of Middle East Studies17 (4): 485-505. JSTOR163415. doi:10.1017/s0020743800029445.
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Usiel Oskar Schmelz, in Ottoman Palestine, 1800-1914: studies in economic and social history, Gad G. Gilbar, Brill Archive, 1990 [1]
Scholch, Alexander (1985). «The Demographic Development of Palestine». International Journal of Middle East Studies17 (4): 485-505. JSTOR163415. doi:10.1017/s0020743800029445.
New York Times, February 19, 1869 [3]; See also I. Harold Scharfman, The First Rabbi, Pangloss Press, 1988, page 524 which reports the figure as 3,100.
