The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (359 page)

Bedikat
amez
(search for leaven)
:

see
LEAVEN
.

 
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Bedwardites
.

Followers of Alexander Bedward (1859–1930), a prophet-healer at August Town, Kingston, Jamaica. He was successor to an American Negro, Woods, founder of the Jamaica
Baptist
Free Church in 1891, who had appointed his convert Bedward as
bishop
with the title ‘Shepherd’. Shepherd Bedward emphasized prayer, fasting, baptism by the
Holy
Spirit, prophecy, and healing through water from the Mona River.

 
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Beelzebub
.

A name equivalent to
Satan
found in the gospels (Mark 3. 22–6 and par.). The Gk. text is
Beelzeboul
, which may correspond to Heb.
Baal-zebel
, ‘lord of filth’. The English form -bub is due to the influence of Baal-zebub (‘lord of flies’) in 2 Kings 1. 2.

 
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Beghards
(lay Christian movements)
:

see
RHENO-FLEMISH SPIRITUALITY
.

 
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Beguines
(lay Christian movements)
:

see
RHENO-FLEMISH SPIRITUALITY
.

 
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Behemoth
.

A monster described in the book of Job. In Job 40. 15–24.

 
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