Voices of the Turtledoves : : The Sacred World of Ephrata / / Jeff Bach.
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.
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Superior document: | Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society |
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Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2003. ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2003 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 282 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of 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.