A Unique Ephrata Manuscript

Author : Conrad Beissel
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781297887260
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Unique Ephrata Manuscript written by Conrad Beissel and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jeff Bach
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271022505
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of the Turtledoves written by Jeff Bach and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today a premier tourist destination in the heart of Amish country, Ephrata was a community of radical Pietist Germans who lived in peace and contemplation among magnificent buildings and an idyllic setting. This book is the first definitive work of The Ephrata Cloister and its charismatic founder, Georg Conrad Beissel.

Author : E.G. Alderfer
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 9780822972402
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ephrata Commune written by E.G. Alderfer and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. G. Alderfer has chosen a dramatic story to tell—the founding and subsequent history of Ephrata, a mystical religious community that flourished in eastern Pennsylvania in the mid-eighteenth century. The history of the commune is inseparable from that of its leader, Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist who came to America in 1720 seeking spiritual peace and solitude. When he settled in the virgin forest of Lancaster County, his talents and charisma attraced other German settlers who shared his vision of a community built in the image of apostolic Christianity.In its heyday, from about 1735 to 1765, the community at Ephrata numbered some two hundred people, the celibate members living in simple wooden buildings noted for the harmony and serenity of their architecture.The cultural achievements of the group were exceptional. They produced an extensive body of mystical literature and constructed the most complete printing establishment in the colonies at that time. They were also adept at the art of Fraktur, and many exquisitely decorated manuscripts survive. Music was a particular interest of Beissel's, and the choral music performed at Ephrata was well known and much admired.Mr. Alderfer, who has written widely on colonial Pennsylvania, shows the relationship of the Ephrata commune to other experiments at withdrawal from the world and in particular to the many strands of Old World mysticism and the German Pietist movement. He also discusses American religious and communal movements of later times in the light of the Ephrata experience. His is the first history of the community to provide extensive documentation, including analysis of many surviving manuscripts and books written at Ephrata.Although the commune died out in the nineteenth century, the site and many of the buildingts survived. Today the Ephrata Cloisters Park is operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Author : Cynda L. Benson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422393499
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early American Illuminated Manuscripts from the Ephrata Cloister written by Cynda L. Benson and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ephrata Cloister was an 18th-cent. society of radical Pietist Germans founded by Georg Conrad Beissel (1691-1768), a charismatic mystic. In 1720 he & a few companions sought a new life in William Penn¿s land of religious freedom, eventually settling on the Pennsylvania frontier & establishing a communal society that followed a rule of ascetic devotion. In 1732 Beissel moved to the banks of the Cocalico Creek, in what is now Lancaster County, PA, & was followed by devoted disciples. The number of converts increased until a communal way of life was established & the Ephrata Cloister was begun. This catalog discusses the history & daily activities of Ephrata Cloister, including its unique form of choral hymnody, its press & scriptorium. Illustrations.

Author : Pennsylvania-German Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sketch of Its Origin, with the Proceedings and Addresses at Its Organization written by Pennsylvania-German Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pennsylvania-German Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings and Addresses written by Pennsylvania-German Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
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Download or read book The Pennsylvania-German Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings, addresses and annual reports.

Author : Jeff Bach
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271027444
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of the Turtledoves written by Jeff Bach and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2004 Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Winner, 2005 Outstanding Publication, Communal Studies Association Co-published with the Pennsylvania German Society/Vandenhoeck && Ruprecht The Ephrata Cloister was a community of radical Pietists founded by Georg Conrad Beissel (1691&–1768), a charismatic mystic who had been a journeyman baker in Europe. In 1720 he and a few companions sought a new life in William Penn&’s land of religious freedom, eventually settling on the banks of the Cocalico Creek in what is now Lancaster County. They called their community &“Ephrata,&” after the Hebrew name for the area around Bethlehem. Voices of the Turtledoves is a fascinating look at the sacred world that flourished at Ephrata. In Voices of the Turtledoves, Jeff Bach is the first to draw extensively on Ephrata&’s manuscript resources and on recent archaeological investigations to present an overarching look at the community. He concludes that the key to understanding all the various aspects of life at Ephrata&—its architecture, manuscript art, and social organization&—is the religious thought of Beissel and his co-leaders.

Author : Patrick M. Erben
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807838195
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Harmony of the Spirits written by Patrick M. Erben and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth--first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin--that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. He deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the "holy experiment." Their belief in hidden yet persistent links between human language and the word of God impelled their vision of a common spiritual idiom. Translation became the search for underlying correspondences between diverse human expressions of the divine and served as a model for reconciliation and inclusiveness. Drawing on German and English archival sources, Erben examines iconic translations that engendered community in colonial Pennsylvania, including William Penn's translingual promotional literature, Francis Daniel Pastorius's multilingual poetics, Ephrata's "angelic" singing and transcendent calligraphy, the Moravians' polyglot missions, and the common language of suffering for peace among Quakers, Pietists, and Mennonites. By revealing a mystical quest for unity, Erben presents a compelling counternarrative to monolingualism and Enlightenment empiricism in eighteenth-century America.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: