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Voices of the turtledoves : the sacred world of Ephrata /
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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. : Göttingen, Germany :
Pennsylvania State University Press ; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,
©2003.
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| 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. |
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| Online Access: | kostenfrei kostenfrei urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00046199-5 |
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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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| Physical Description: |
xix, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-269) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0271022507 9780271022505 3525558279 9783525558270 0271027444 9780271027449 |