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Voices of the turtledoves : the sacred world of Ephrata / Jeff Bach.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bach, Jeff, 1958-
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.
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; v. 36. Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ephrata Cloister.
Beissel, Conrad, 1690-1768.
Beissel, Conrad.
Seventh Day German Baptist Brethren--History.
Seventh Day German Baptist Brethren.
Mysticism--Pennsylvania--Ephrata--History.
Mysticism.
Mysticism--Seventh Day German Baptist Brethren--History.
Pennsylvania--Ephrata.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xix, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press ; Göttingen, Germany : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, ©2003.
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.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-269) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Bach, Jeff, 1958- Voices of the turtledoves.
ISBN:
0271022507
9780271022505
3525558279
9783525558270
0271027444
9780271027449
OCLC:
50982350
Publisher Number:
urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00046199-5 urn

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