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Voices of the turtledoves : the sacred world of Ephrata / Jeff Bach.
Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- 2003.37395 kostenfrei Available online
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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
- Online:
- Volltext // 2010 digitalisiert von: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. Exemplar der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek mit der Signatur: 2003.37395 kostenfrei
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00046199-5
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