Voices of the turtledoves : the sacred world of Ephrata / Jeff Bach.
Bach, Jeff, 1958-
2003
GR110.P4 A372 vol. 36 BX7831 (Mapit)
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Title
Voices of the turtledoves : the sacred world of Ephrata / Jeff Bach.
Author
Bach, Jeff, 1958-
ISBN
0271022507 (alk. paper)
9780271022505 (alk. paper)
3525558279 (alk. paper)
9783525558270 (alk. paper)
0271027444
9780271027449
Publication Details
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press ; Göttingen, Germany : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ©2003.
Language
English
Description
xix, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Item Number
urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00046199-5 urn
Call Number
GR110.P4 A372 vol. 36 BX7831
Alternate Call Number
11.55
BP 4360
Dewey Decimal Classification
286/.3/097481
Summary
The Ephreta Cloister was a community of radical Pietist Germans founded by Georg Conrad Beissel, a charismatic mystic. In 1720 he and a few friends sought a new life in William Penn's land of religious freedom. This work looks at the sacred world that flourished at Ephreta.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-269) and index.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 36.
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001). Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 3.
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Voices of the turtledoves.
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1. The religious thought of Ephrata : Conrad Beissel
2. The religious thought of Ephrata : other writers
3. "Holy church practices" : ritual at Ephrata
4. Manly virgins and virginal men : gender at Ephrata
5. "God's holy point of rest" : Ephrata's mystical language in space and time
6. Roses in the wilderness : Ephrata's manuscript art
7. "Heavenly magic" : hidden knowledge at Ephrata.

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