The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (843 page)

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Georgian Orthodox Church
.
The
autocephalous
church of Georgia, the republic situated in the Caucasus between Russia and Armenia.
Ger
(a non-Jew living among Jews)
:
Gereformeerde Kerk
(Christian Protestant Church)
:
Gerhardt, Paul
(
c.
1607–76).
German Christian hymn-writer. Apart from
Luther's
own, his hymns are often held to be the finest of the Lutheran tradition. His hymns mark a transition from the objective orthodoxy of earlier Lutheran hymns to the personal piety of more modern compositions.
Gerizim
.
Mountain in
Israel
. Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal rise above the modern town of Nablus. Gerizim was the site of the Samaritan
temple
which was built about the time of
Nehemiah
. It has remained the most sacred spot for the Samaritans.
Gerontius
(poem by Newman)
:
Gershom ben Judah
or Me’or ha-Golah
(‘light of the exile’,
c.
960–
c.
1030).
German Jewish
Talmudic
scholar. Rabbenu Gershom was held in enormous reverence by later generations and
Rashi
declared ‘all
Ashkenazi
Jewry are disciples of his disciples’. His grave in Mainz is still visited by the pious.

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