{"product_id":"voices-of-the-turtledoves-the-sacred-world-of-ephrata-paperback-1","title":"Voices of the Turtledoves: The Sacred World of Ephrata - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Bach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2004 Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2005 Outstanding Publication, Communal Studies Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCo-published with the Pennsylvania German Society\/Vandenhoeck \u0026amp; Ruprecht \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Turtledoves \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating look at the sacred world that flourished at Ephrata. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Turtledoves\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Bach is Associate Professor of Brethren and Historical Studies at Bethany Theological Seminary. During the summer of 1995, he served as Scholar in Residence at the Ephrata Cloister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.82 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42564481646688,"sku":"9780271027449","price":95.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/QitkaVRjUjNnMlNpME1mS2pYejNqQT09.webp?v=1770440129","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/voices-of-the-turtledoves-the-sacred-world-of-ephrata-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}