Blunt, Henry, A.M., a popular preacher and writer in the. Church of England, for many years in- cumbent of Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea, was made rector of Streatham, Surrey, in 1835, and died 184:;. His writings are chiefly expository, and include Lec- tures on the History of Abraham (Lond. 1884, 12mo, 7th ed.) : — Lecture* on Jacob (bond. 1828, 12mo, 2d ed.) :— Lectures on Elisha (Lond. 1846, 5th ed. 12mo) -.—Lec- tures on the Life of Christ (Lond. 1846, 10th ed. 3 vols.
12mo) -.—Lectures on Peter (Lond. 1830, 5th ed. 12mo) : —Lectures on St. Paul (Lond. 1845, 10th cd. 2 vols. 12mo) : — Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Ckurchts (Lond. 1838, 3d ed. 12mo) : — Exposition of the Penta- teuch (Lond. 1844, 3 vols. 12mo) : — Sermons in Trinity Church (Lond. 1843, 12mo, 5th ed.) — Posthumous Ser- mons (Lond. 1844-5, 2d ed. 2 vols. 12mo).
Blunt, John James, an English divine and vo- luminous writer, was born in Newcastle 1794, and edu- cated at St. John's College, Cambridge, cf which he became fellow in 1816. In 1821 he became curate of Hodnet (to Reginald Hebei), in 1834 rector of Great Oakley, Essex, and in 18S9 Lad}- Margaret professor of divinity at Cambridge. He died in 18l5. Among his writings arc, Sketch of the Reformation in Er gland (15 editions, 18m o) : — I'mh siymd ('(incidences in the Writings both of the Old and New Testaments an Argu- ment of their Veracity (Lond. 1850, 8vo, Td edition ; also New York, 12mo). This edition includes three works previously published, viz. The Veracity of the Pools of Mos?s (Lond. 1835, 8vo) : — The Veracity of the Histori- cal Boohs ofO. T. (Hulsean Lect. 1831):— The Veracity cf the Gospels and Acts (1828). He also wrote Intro- ductory Lect arts on the Early Fathers (1842, 8vo): — Sermons before the University of Cambridge (Lond. 18.f6- 19, 3 vols. 8vo). His writings are not ephemeral, but have substantial value for the science of Apologetics.
Blythe, James, D.D., an eminent Presbyterian minister, was born in North Carolina Oct. 28, 1765, and graduated at Hampden Sydney College 1789. In 1793 he was ordained paster of Pisgah Church, Ky., and he preached there partly as pastor, partly as stated supply, for 40 years. In 17C'8 he was appointed pro- fessor of mathematics in Transylvania University, and he was afterward acting president for a numl cr of years. In 1832 he was made president of South Han- over College, Ind., which office he held till 1836, when he accepted the pastoral charge of New Lexingtt n Church, which he held until his death, May 20, li 42. — Sprague, Annals, iii, 591.
Boaner'ges (Boavepytg, explained by viol ftfxr- rrjg, sons of thunder, Mark iii, 17), a surname given 1 y Christ to James and John, probably on account of their fervid, impetuous spirit (cemp. Luke ix, 54, and see Olshausen thereon ; see also Mark ix, 38 ; comp. Matt. xx, 20 sq.). The word boanerges has greatly perplex- ed philologists and commentators. It seems agreed that the Greek term does not correctly represent the original Syro-Chaldee word, although it is disputed what that word was. (See Gurlitt, Ueb. d. Bedeutumg d. Beinamens fioavepyke, in the Theol. Stud. u. Krit. 1829, iv, 715 sq. ; Jungendres, Etymon, roc. fioav., Norimb. 1748.) It is probably for VJfr3*3, Boyani'- Pe gets' , a Galilean pronunciation of TJH h32, Beney'- Reyaz', " sons of commotion," or of C'i" "X, / i ney'- Re'gesh, "sons of tumult." See James; John.
Boar p^Tn, chazir', in Arabic chizrori) occurs in Psa. lxxx, 13, the same word being rendered " swine" in even- other instance : in Lev. xi, 7 ; Deut. xiv, 8 : Prov. xi, 22; Isa. lxv, 4; lxvi, 3, 17. The Hebrew, Egyptian, Arabian, Phoenician, and other neighboring nations abstained from hogs' flesh, and consequently, excepting in Egypt and (at a later period) beyond the
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