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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001). Pennsylvania German history and culture series; ; no. 3.Publication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press ; Göttingen, Germany : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, c2003.Description: xix, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0271022507 (alk. paper)
  • 3525558279 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 286.3 21 B122v
LOC classification:
  • BX7817.P4 B33 2003
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-269) and index.

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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