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only by the Protestants, but by several Catholics," among" whom he instances Driedo, I.yranus, and Dio- Dysius of ( larthage. He considers that Jerome treats the book with harshness when {Preface to Jeremiah) that father observes, " I have not thought it worth while to translate the book of Baruch, which is gener- allv joined in the Septuagint version to Jeremiah, and which is not found among the Hebrews, nor the pseud- epigraphal epistle of Jeremiah." This is the epistle forming the sixth chapter of Baruch, the genuineness of which is questioned by several who acknowledge that of the former part of the book. Most modern writers of the Roman Church, among whom are Du Pin (Canon of Scripture), Calmet (Commentary), and Allber (Ihrmeneutica Generalis), reckon this a genuine epistle of Jeremiah's. Jahn, however, after Jerome, maintains its spurious and pseudepigraphal character. This he conceives sufficiently attested by the differ- ence of style and its freedom from Hebraisms. He considers it to be an imitation of the Epistle of Jere- miah (ch. xxix). Grotius, Eichhorn, and most of the German writers favor the idea of a Greek original. They conceive that the writer was some unknown person in the reign of Ptolemy Lagos, who, wishing to confirm in the true religion the Jews then residing in Egypt, attributed his own ideas to Baruch the scribe. There appears, however, no reason, on this latter hy- pothesis, why the author should speak of the return from Babylon. Grotius conceives that the book abounds not only in Jewish, but even in Christian interpolations (see Eichhorn's Einlcitung in die Apokryph. Sehriften). See generally (in addition to the literature above referred to), Grilneberg, De Ubro Baruchi apocrypho (Gdtt. 1701)) ; Whiston, A Dissertation toprove the Apoc- ryphal Book of Baruch canonical (Lond. 1727) ; Bencl- sten, Specimen exercitationum crit. in V. T. libros apo- cryphos (Gott. 1789) ; Movers, in the Bonner Zeitschr. 1835, p. 31 sq. ; Havernick, De Ubro Baruchi commen- tatio cntka (Regiom. 1843); Capellus, Commentarii et nota; crit. in V. T. (Amst. 1689), p. 564 ; Ghisler, Catence (Lugd. 1623) : Davidson, in the new ed. (1856) of Home's Introduction, ii, 1033 sq. See Apocrypha.
2. The son of Col-hozeh and father of Maaseiah, of the descendants of Perez, son of Judah (Neh. si, 5). B.C ante 536.
3. The son of Zabdai; he repaired (B.C. 446) that pirt of the walls of Jerusalem between the north-east an^le of Zion and Eliashib's house (Neh. iii, 19), and joined in Nehemiah's covenant (x. 6). B.C. 410.
Baruli, heretics of the twelfth century that revived the error of the Origenists, who taught "that the souls of all men were created at the same time with the world itself, and that they sinned all together after the crea- tion. These heretics seem to have derived their name from their leader, Barulus.— Moreri, who cites Sande- rus, /A' r. 149 ; Landon, Eccl. Diet, ii, 56.
Barzel. See Ikon.
Barzil'lai (Ileb. Barzillay', "^"12, of iron, i. e. ftrong; Sept. Bep&AXi, but in Ezra Bepyt\\at, Jose- phus Bfp&AaToc, Ant. vii, 9, 8), the name of three men.
1. A Meholatnite, father of Adriel, which latter was the Becond husband of Michal, Saul's daughter (2 Sam. xxi. 8). B.C. ante 1062.
2. A wealthy old Gileadite of Rogclim, who distin- guished himself by Ms loyalty when David fled be- yond the Jordan from bis son Absalom, B.C. 1023 (see Ewald, /,■/-. Gesch. iii, 663 sq.). He sent in a liberal BUpply of provisions, beds, and other conveniences for the us.' of the king's followers (2 Sam. xvii, 27). On the king's triumphanl return, Barzillai attended him u far a- the .Ionian, but declined, by reason of Mb ad- vanced age land probably, also, from a feeling of inde- pendence), to proceed to Jerusalem and end his days
at court, merely recoi snding (his son) Cbimham as
a suitable person to receive the royal favors (2 8am. xix, 32, 39). On his death-bed David recalled to mind
this kindness, and commended Barzillai's children to the care of Solomon (1 Kings ii, 7).
3. A priest who married a descendant of the preced- ing, and assumed the same name ; his genealopy in consequence became so confused that his descendants, on the return from the captivity, were s,et aside as un- fit for the priesthood (Ezra ii, 61). B.C. ante 536.
Bas'aloth (BauaXi/ji v. r. Baa\ii3-,Vulg. Lhasa- lon), one of the heads of "temple-servants" whose "sons" are stated (1 Esdr. v, 31) to have returned from Babylon; evidently the Bazluth or Bazlitii (q. v.) of the genuine texts (Ezra ii, 52 ; Neh. vii, 51).
Basam. See Balm.
Bas'cama (>) Barjicapa, Joscphus Baatca), a place in Gilead where Jonathan Maccabrcus was killed by Trypho, and from which his bones were afterward dis- interred and conveyed to Modin by his brother Simon (1 Mace, xiii, 23 ; Joseph. A nt. xiii, 6, 6). Schwarz supposes it to be the Talmudical Eashkar (":»;) or Basgar (15&3) "of Arabia" (Palest, p. 236, 237> The route of the Syrian murderer is given with so much confusion (see Fritzsche, in loc.) that some have even supposed the Bozhath of Judah to be meant.
Bascom, Henry B., D.D., one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Hancock, N. Y., May 27, 17S6. He united with the Methodist Church in Western Pennsylvania in 1811, and was licensed to preach in 1813. His preaching soon began to attract attention, and before many years his fame as a pulpit orator was widely spread. In 1823 he was elected chaplain to Congress. In 1827 he was called to the presidency of Madison College, Pa., which he held till 1829, when he accepted the agency of the American Colonization Society. In 1832 he be- came Professor of Morals in Augusta College, and in 1842 President of Transylvania University. He ed- ited the Quarterly Review of the M. E. Church South from 1846 to May, 1850, when he was elected bishop. Worn out with toil, he died Sept. 8, 1850. Bishop Bas- com's course of labor thus embraced almcst everjT ex- treme of human life. In his early career he is said to have preached in one year 400 times, travelled 5000 miles, and to have received as salary during that time, $12 10. At one period he was unquestionably the most popular pulpit orator in the United States. His sermons seemed invariably delivered memoriter, though usually long enough to occupy two hours ; if he did not purposely commit them to memory, yet their fre- quent repetition fixed in his mind their language as well as their train of thought. They were evident- ly prepared with the utmost labor. The paragraphs often seemed to be separate but resplendent masses of thought, written at intervals, and without very close relations. His published Sermons (Nashville, 1848-50, 2 vols. 12mo) give no just idea of the grandeur of his pulpit orations ; many of his brilliant passages seem to have been omitted in preparing the volumes for the press. Some of his other productions, in which his poetical propensities had no room to play, show that if his education had been such as to effectually discipline his imagination, his real ability would have been great- ly enhanced. His most important writings, besides those prepared for the pulpit, are his "Bill of Rights," written on behalf of the "reform" movement of 1828 ; the " Protest of the Minority," in the memorable Gen- eral Conference of 1844; the "Report on Organiza- tion," at the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South ; and a subsequent elaborate volume in defence of the Southern Church, entitled "Methodism and Slavery." His Works, containing Sermons and Lectures, are collected in 4 vols. 12mo (Nashville, 1856). Sec Henkle, Life of Bascom (Nashville, 1851, 12mo) ; M<th. Quart. A'm\1852; Sprague, Annals, vii, 534.