Hodheilids, an heretical sect of the Mohamme- dans, who believe that the saints live in Paradise in an undisturbed quiet. See Mohammedanism.
Hodi'ah (f^^'7'^'^) the same as Hodijah [q. v.]), the wife of Mered (Sept. )) 'l^ovia ; Alex. IMS. 'lovlaia'), and the mother of Jered, and Heber, and Jekuthiel (1 Chron. iv, 19), the same who is called Jehudijaii ( n^'7r''j'>3) the Jeivess, i. c. his Jewish wife, as distinguished from Bithiah, Avho was an Egyptian) in the former yiart of the verse.
Hodi'jah {Ueh.Hodigah', H^'lin, majesty of Jeho- vah ; Sept. 'Qdovia, 'ClCoviaQ, 'QSova, 'Qoovta), the name of at least two men.
1. One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expound- ing the law to the people (Neh. viii, 7; ix, 5), and sub- scribed Nehemiah's covenant (x, 18 ; his name is aiipar- ently repeated in ver. 13). B.C. cir. 410.
2. One of the chief Israelites who suhscribed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh. x, 18). B.C. cir. 410.
3. See Jeiil'dijah.
Hodshi. See Taiitim-Hodshi.
Hody, HujiPiiRY, D.D., an English divine, was bom .Jan. 1, 1659, at Oldcombe, Somersetshire, and was edu- cated at the University of Oxford. In 1684 he was elected a fellow of Wadham College, and in the same year he published a Dissertatio contra Historiam A riste<e de LXX Inlrr/in/ibn.-'. Hody became principally known by his publicnl icms respecting the bishops wlio had been deprived of tlieir hi.shdiuies during the reign of William and Mary for refusing the oath of allegiance. The first work which he published on this subject was a transla- tion of a Greek treatise, supposed to have been written by Nicephorus in the latter end of the 13th or the begin- ning of the 14th century, in Avhich the writer maintains that "although a bishop was unjustly deprived, neither he nor the Church ever made a separation, if the succes- sor was not a heretic." The original Greek work, as well as the English translation, were both published in 1691. Dodwell replied to it in A Vindication of the De- prived Bishops (Lond. 1692). In the following year Hody published The Case of Sees Vacant by an Unca- nonical Depriveiiion (Lond. 1693, 4to), in which he replies to the arguments of his opponents. These exertions of Hody in favor of the ruling party in the Church did not pass unrewarded. He was appointed domestic chaplain to TiUotson, archbishop of Canterbury, which office he also held under Tillotson's successor. He was presented with a living in London, and was appointed regins jjro- fessor of Greek at Oxford iu 1698, and archdeacon of
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Of the other works of Hody, the most important are: 1. De liiUiontm Ttx/ibiis On>/iii(i/ibi/.% nrsionibus Gree- ds et LdliiKi Vulr/ata,lihri iv (Oxford, 17(il. folio), which is said by Bishop Marsh to be "the classical work on the Septuagint." The lirst book contains the dissertation against the history of Aristeas, which has been mention- ed above. The second gives an account of the real translators of the Septuagint, and of the time when the translation was made. The third book gives a history of the Hebrew text and of the Latin Vulgate ; and the fourth, of the other ancient Greek versions :— 2. The Res- urrection of the (same) Body Asserted (Lond. 1G94, 8vo): ^3. Animadversions on two Pamphhtt latch/ pidilishi-dbii Mr. Collier (Lond. 1G96, 8vo). Sir ^\'. I'.rkiiis and Sir J. Friend had been executed in ICO.') lor treason against the government ; but previous to their execution they had been alisolved of their crime by some nonjuring clergy- men. This act was condemned by the ecclesiastical authorities, but was justified by Collier in two pamphlets which he published on the subject : — 4. De Gnecis Illus- tribus lim/uce Grcecce litterarumquehumnniorum instaura- toribus (Lond. 1742). This work was published several years after the author's death by Dr. Jebb, who has pre- fixed to it an account of Hody's life and writings. See English Cijclopcediu ; Allibone, Diet, of A uthors, i, 858 ; Hook, Eccles. Biogi-aphy, vi, 104 ; Kitto, Cyclop, ii, 317.
Hoe, Matthias, of Hohenegg, famous in history as the confessor of John George I, elector of Saxony. He was liorn of a noble family at Vienna in 1580, and edu- cated at Wittenberg. In 1600 he commenced at this university a coiu-se of lectures, and published a pro- gramme on the position which he was to take, Oratio detestans Papain et Calvinistus, in which he manifests that great hatred for Romanists and Calvinists which characterized all the acts of his life. Hoe distinguished himself greatly both as a student and a lectm-er. In 1612 he was called to Dresden by the elector, and be- came court preacher and confessor. His talents and adroitness gave him, in time, complete possession of the judgment and conscience of the elector, whom he hin- dered from entering into a league with Frederick V, the unfortunate Idng of Bohemia, by representing to him that the Reformed religion, which Frederick professed, was fatally ^vTong, and coidd not exist without injurj' to Lutheranism. Hoe seems, indeed, to have hated the Reformed even more than he did the Romanists, and there appears not the shadow of a reason to assert that he was bribed by the emperor. To the declaration of his principles while a lectiu-er at "Wittenberg, and above alluded to, he adhered until the end of his life, though it is said he greatly abated in his hatred against the Calvinists in his last days. His private character has been highly commented upon by all who knew him. He ^VT0te a Commentarius in Ajwcalypsin (Lpz. lGlO-40, 2 parts), and a number of controversial works against the Reformed Church and the Romanists. He died in 1645. See Bayle, Gen. Dictionary, s. v. ; Herzog, Real- EncyUop.xol. vi, 165; Mosheim, Ch. History, cent, xvii, sec. ii, pt. i, ch. i, n. 12 ; Gass, Gesch. d. Do/pnatik; ii, 19, 78 ; Kurtz, Ch. History, ii, 183 ; Dorner, Gesch. d.protest. Theol. (see Index) ; Fuhrmann, Handivorterb. d. Kirch- engesch. ii, 320-322. (J. H. W.) HoefeL See Hofel. Hoefling. See Hoflixg.