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(1851–1930).
Christian theologian and historian. He gained his doctorate from Leipzig in 1873, and after a short period (1886–9) as professor at Marburg, he moved to Berlin where he remained until his retirement in 1921. The move to Berlin was challenged by the Lutheran Church because of the doubts expressed by Harnack in his
Lehrbuch der Dogmengeschichte
(History of Dogma, 1894–9) about the authorship of various New Testament books,
miracles
, the
resurrection
, and
Christ's
institution of
baptism
. Influenced by Ritschl, he regarded
hellenization
as an intrusion into early Christianity, which had distorted the original, simpler gospel, whose content he summarized in
Das Wesen des Christentums
(The Essence of Christianity). Harnack was a particular target of his pupil K.
Barth
, for allowing liberal thought to control his understanding of early Christianity and of dogma.

 
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aroset
.

Paste eaten at the Jewish
seder
meal.

 
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(1630–61).
Seventh Sikh
Gur
. Gur
Har R
i was the second son of Gur
Hargobind's
son, Gurditt
(d. 1638) and brother of
Dh
r Mal
. He was chosen as successor by his grandfather and became Gur
on his death in 1644, but was soon compelled to leave his birthplace, K
ratpur, for a remote mountain village. Har R
i returned to K
ratpur 1658 and aided
D
r
Shikoh
, Emperor Sh
h Jah
n's eldest son. Gur