Bagger, Hans Olesan, a Danish theologian, born at Lund in 1646, became bishop of Zealand in 1675, and died at Copenhagen in 1693. He is the author of the Danish Church-Ritual, which was introduced in 16^6, and of a revised altar-book, both of which are still in use in the Danish Church. Being consulted by tin- Danish government as to whether the interest of the Lutheran Church allowed the admission to Den- mark of the French Calvinists, who had been expelled by Louis XIV, he answered in the negative, because such an admission "would expose the souls of the Lu- therans to temptation and to the risk of everlasting d initiation." — Pierer, Universal-Lexikon, s. v.
Ba'go (Bayw). the head of one of the Israelitish families ("sons"), to which is assigned the Uthi, son of Istalcuriorus, who returned from the captivity (1 Efldr. viii, 40); evidently the Bigvai (q. v.) of the true text ( Ezra viii, 14).
Bago'as (Baywac), the eunuch (or chamberlain) who had charge of the tent of Ilolofernes, and intro- duced Judith (Jud. xii, 11, 13, 15; xiii, 1, 3; xiv, 14). The name is said (Pott, Etymol. Forsch. I, xxxvii) to be equivalent to eunuch in Persian (Plin. Hist. Nat. .xiii, 4, 9), and, as such, was probably a title of office rather than a personal appellation (see Quintil.v, 12; comp. Burmann ad Ovid. Am. ii, 2,1). Accordingly, we find the name often recurring in Eastern history (see Smith's Diet, of Class. Biog. s. v.) even so late as that of tin- chief eunuch of Herod's harem, who was put to death for intriguing with the Pharisees (Jose- phus, Ant, xvii, 2,4 ad I'm.).
Bag'oi (Bayot), one of the Israelitish family beads, whose -son-" (to the number of 2066) returned from I l Esdr v. 1 1 ) ; evidently the Bigvai (q. v.) of the Heb. text (Ezra ii, 14).
Bagoses (Bayuwjc), the general of Artaxerxcs (probably Mnemon; the text, as emended by Hudson, has roS aA <ov ipra&pEou \ . v. rov " \\i>" ' Ipr.) ; he ously entered the Temple at Jerusalem, and Imposed oppressive taxes upon the Jews (Josephus, Ant. xi.7, 1,. ' '
Bagot, Lewis, a bishop of the Church of England, was born in 1, 10. He was a gon ofLord Bagot. After studying at the University of Oxford, be became a canon, and late,-, successively bishop of Bristol, Nor- wich, and St. Asaph, lb- died in 1802. He is the ;ui.
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Bagsliaw, William, a Nonconformist minister, was born in 1628, and died in 1702. His zeal in the northern parts of Derbyshire acquired for him the title of "the Apostle of the Peak." He published Water for a Thirsty Soul, in several sermons on Rev. xxi, 6 (1653), and a number of other works. Some 50 of his works, upon various subjects, have never been printed. — Allibone, Die ionary of Authors, i, 99.
Baha'rumite (Heb. with the art. hab-Bacharuml' , "^"iPtan ; Sept. 6 Bapo-api v. r. Bapw///), an epithet of Azmaveth, one of David's warriors (1 Chron. xi, 33) ; doubtless as being a native of Bahurim (q. v.).
Bahat. See Marble.
Bahr, Joseph Friedrich, a German theologian, was born in 1713, and died in 1775. He became, in 1739, deacon at Bischofswerda ; in 1741, pastor at Schbnfeld ; and, after filling several' other church po- sitions, finally became superintendent. He wrote, among other works against the Socinians, Abhandlung cler reinen Lehre unserer ecangelischen Kirehe von der Sterblichheil und dem leiblichen Tode des menschlichen Geschlechtes : a life of Christ (Lebensgeschichte Jesu Christi), 1772. — Hoefer, Biog. Generate, iv, 172.
Bahrdt, Charles Frederick, a German Ration, alist, notorious alike for his bold infidelity and for his evil life, was born in 1741 at Bischofswerda. He stud- ied at Pforta and at Leipzig, where his father .was pro- fessor of theology. The old Lutheran faith was still taught there ; but Ernesti was one of the professors, and a new era was dawning. Bahrdt first imbibed Crusius's (q. v.) philosophical orthodoxy. In 1701 he became master, and began to lecture, and did it flu- ently and with applause, on dogmatic theology. He soon became very popular, also, from his eloquence in the pulpit. In 1708 he was compelled to resign as professor ext. of theology on account of a charge of adulter}', and it is clear that even thus early he was leading a very immoral life. Through the influence of Klotz, a man of kindred spirit, he was made pro- fessor of Biblical archaeology at Erfurt; but he soon fell into ill repute there, and next obtained a chair at Giessen. Here he abandoned the doctrines of the Trinity and the Atonement, and published several books which brought down the wrath even of Semler (q. v.). After many wanderings to and fro in search of fame and wealth, of which he was always greedy, yet always poor, he returned to Halle in 1779. His career here for ten years was erratic and disgraceful ; he wrote books, lectured when he could get hearers, and opened a tavern in a vineyard, with the assistance of his maid, who lived with him as his wife, though his own good wife was yet alive. In 1787 he was im- prisoned for one year in a fortress. In 1792 he died. He was the living type and illustration of the vulgar rationalism of his age. His writings were -ery nu- merous (nearly 150 in number), but are of no critical or theological value, and therefore need not be enu- merated.— Kahnis, German Protestantism, ch. ii, p. 130; Hurst, History of Rationalism, p. 139-142.