biography
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Harnack, Adolf (Karl Gustav) von
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| (1851–1930)
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| biography:
| Protestant Church historian and theologian, born in Tartu (formerly Dorpat), E Estonia. He was professor at Leipzig (1876), Giessen (1879), Marburg (1886), and Berlin (1889), where he also became keeper of the Royal (later State) Library (1904–21). His major writings include works on the history of dogma, on early Gospel traditions, and on a reconstruction of the essence of Jesus's teachings. |
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