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9780271022505

Voices of the Turtledoves

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  • ISBN13:

    9780271022505

  • ISBN10:

    0271022507

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-04-01
  • Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
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Summary

The first definitive work of The Ephrata Cloister and its charismatic founder, Georg Conrad Beissel.

Author Biography

Jeff Bach is Associate Professor of Brethren and Historical Studies at Bethany Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations
xv
Prelude 1(2)
Introduction 3(22)
The Religious Thought of Ephrata
Conrad Beissel
25(24)
The Religious Thought of Ephrata
Other Writers
49(20)
``Holy Church Practices''
Ritual at Ephrata
69(28)
Manly Virgins and Virginal Men
Gender at Ephrata
97(18)
``God's Holy Point of Rest''
Ephrata's Mystical Language in Space and Time
115(26)
Roses in the Wilderness
Ephrata's Manuscript Art
141(30)
``Heavenly Magic''
Hidden Knowledge at Ephrata
171(22)
Epilogue 193(4)
Bibliographical Essay 197(22)
Notes 219(52)
Index 271

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