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Baruch, book of the Septuagint and of the Apocrypha

(Encyclopedia)Baruch, early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible and placed in the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version. It is named for a Jewish prince Baruch (fl. 600 b.c.),...

Breck, James Lloyd

(Encyclopedia)Breck, James Lloyd, 1818–76, American Episcopal clergyman and missionary, b. Philadelphia. In 1841 he established a seminary at Nashotah, Wis., with which he was connected until 1850, when he turned...

Hanameel

(Encyclopedia)Hanameel hānămˈēĕl, hănˈəmēl [key], in the Bible, son of Jeremiah's uncle Shallum. ...

Jerahmeel

(Encyclopedia)Jerahmeel jēräˈmēĕl [key]. In the Bible, prince commanded by Jehoiakim to imprison Jeremiah. ...

Ahikam

(Encyclopedia)Ahikam əhīˈkəm [key], in the Bible, protector of Jeremiah and the father of Gedaliah. ...

Abdeel

(Encyclopedia)Abdeel ăbˈdēĕl [key], in the Bible, father of the Shelemiah sent to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. ...

Irijah

(Encyclopedia)Irijah īrīˈjə [key], in the Bible, captain who detained Jeremiah on a false accusation in Jerusalem. ...

Murphy, William Parry

(Encyclopedia)Murphy, William Parry, 1892–1987, American physician, b. Stoughton, Wis., M.D. Harvard, 1920. He taught at Harvard from 1923 and was associated with the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, in Boston, from ...

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