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Baruchus a Scottish saint who flourished about A.D. 700, is said to have attained to the episcopal dignity. After residing some time in Ross-shire, where he was greatly venerated, he passed into Ireland, and thence into Wales, and died at Barry, in Glamorganshire. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Baruch, The Book of Ba’ruch, The Book of. One of the apocryphal books of the Old Testament. The book was held in little esteem by the Jews, and both its date and authorship are very uncertain. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Baruch, Book of In the Catholic Bible, an inspired writing containing, in five chapters , the prophecy with which Baruch consoled the Jewish exiles on the River Sedi and which they sent, with some rescued silver vessels, back to Jerusalem . A sixth chapter is made of the Epistle of Jeremias, which seems rather to … Continue reading “Baruch, Book of”

Baruch, Ben-Isaac a Jewish writer, who died at Constantinople in 1664, is the author of , i.e. a Haggadic and homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch and the five Megilloth i.e. the Psalms, Proverba, Lamentations, Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes published at Cracow, 1646 a. o. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 90; Jocher, Allgenmeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; … Continue reading “Baruch, Ben-Isaac”

Baruch, Ben-Baruch ben-Moses, a Jewish rabbi who flourished at Salonica about the year 1600, is the author of , or a twofold commentary on Ecclesiastes. The one, entitled , gives an explanation according to the sense; the other, , contains an allegorical exposition of the book. It was published at Venice in 1599. See Furst, … Continue reading “Baruch, Ben-Baruch”

Baruch, Apocalypse Of The subject of this article is a Jewish work composed not long after the Destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70, and now preserved only in Syriac, This Syriac is a translation from the Greek, of which only a tiny fragment is extant; the Greek itself seems to have been a translation from … Continue reading “Baruch, Apocalypse of”

BARUCH 1. The son of Neriah, of a distinguished family in the tribe of Judah. He was the faithful friend of Jeremiah. About 605 B. C. he wrote down, from the lips of Jeremiah, all the divine messages to that prophet, and subsequently read them to the people, and again to certain princes. These last … Continue reading “Baruch”

Bartram, James Thomas an English Congregational minister, was born at Cheltenham, Oct. 1, 1824. He began his ministerial labors under the direction .of the London City Mission, but was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church at Wendover, Bucks, July 3, 1851. He removed to Deal, Kent, in 1856, where he continued to labor during the … Continue reading “Bartram, James Thomas”

Bartonar a monastic officer; the overseer of bartons, granges, and farms; a granarer. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Barton, Zachariah T a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Clarke Co., Va., in 1846. He experienced conversion in his eighteenth year, and entered the Virginia Conference in 1872, in which he served the Church until his death, Nov. 21, 1874. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1875, p. 9. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Barton, Zachariah T”