4 miles -RRB- away from Jerusalem, is mentioned in medieval Greek manuscripts of the '' Jewish war '' of Josephus Flavius -LRB- 7,6,6 -RRB- under the name of Ammaus, apparently as a result of copyists 'mistake -RRB- Edward Robinson,' 'Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions, the Voyage of 1852' ', -- Boston : 1856.
-- Boston : 1841, p. 363-LSB- -RSB-, '' Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions, the Voyage of 1852 ''.