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Bassani, Jacopo Antonio an Italian preacher and poet, was born at Venice in 1686. He belonged to the Jesuit Order, and preached in nearly all the cities of Italy. He counted among his auditors at Rome and Bologna pope Benedict XIV. He sojourned habitually at Padua, where he died, May 21, 1747. He wrote Thirty … Continue reading “Bassani, Jacopo Antonio”

Bassai BASSAI (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Bassa), 1Es 5:16 = Bezai, Ezr 2:17, Neh 7:23. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Bassai basa-, bas (, Bassa, Bassa; the King James Version Bassa; 1 Esdras 5:16; Bezai (Ezr 2:17; Neh 7:23)): The sons of Bassai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bassa ( v. r. ), one of the Israelitish family-heads whose sons (to the number of 323) returned from the captivity (1Es 5:16); evidently the BEZAI SEE BEZAI (q.v.) of the genuine texts (Ezr 2:17; Neh 7:23). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Bassa basa. See BASSAI. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bass, Stephen a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Marion District, S. C., June 8, 1795. He received a careful religious training, joined the Church at the age of sixteen, soon after began exhorting, and in 1820 was admitted into the South Carolina Conference. He died Sept. 6, 1820. Mr. Bass was exemplary in piety … Continue reading “Bass, Stephen”

Bass, Sabbathai a Jewish writer of Holland, was born at Kalisch in 1641. In 1689 he established a Hebrew printing-office at Dyrhenfurt, and died in 1718 at Krotoschin. He is the author of, , a super-commentary on Rashi on the Pentateuch and the five Megilloth (Amst. 1680 a.o.): , an index of Hebrew literature, including … Continue reading “Bass, Sabbathai”

Bass, Rowland G a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Powhatan County, Va., June 30, 1808. He was led to Christ in early life by the teachings, example, and prayers of his devoted mother; and in 1830 entered the Virginia Conference, in which he served the Church zealously until his decease, Dec. 9, 1838. Mr. … Continue reading “Bass, Rowland G”

Bass, John a Congregational minister, was born at Braintree, Mass., March 26, 1717. He graduated at Harvard in 1737, and was called to the pastorate in Ashford, Conn., where he ivas ordained in 1743. In 1751 he was dismissed for dissenting from the Calvinistic sense of the quinquarticular points, having embraced the opinions of John … Continue reading “Bass, John”

Bass, Edward D.D., Protestant Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, was born at Dorchester, Nov. 23, 1726. He graduated at Harvard, 1744, and, after several years of teaching, was licensed as a Congregational minister. In 1752 he joined the Church of England, was ordained in England, and became pastor at Newburyport, Mass. In 1796 he was elected … Continue reading “Bass, Edward”

Bass, Benjamin a Congregational minister, was a native of Braintree, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College in 1715; was ordained pastor of the Church in Hanover, Dec. 11, 1728; and died in 1756, aged sixty-three. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 350. Bass, Henry, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was … Continue reading “Bass, Benjamin”

Basque Version Of The Scriptures There are at least eight dialects of the Basque language, which is a tongue utterly unlike other European languages, unless we except the Finnish, with which it appears to have some slight connection. The Basques who can read at all can, in almost every instance, read either French or Spanish; … Continue reading “Basque Version Of The Scriptures”