{"product_id":"voices-of-the-turtledoves-jeff-bach-9780271027449","title":"Voices of the Turtledoves: The Sacred World of Ephrata","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Bach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271027444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271027449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Jeff Bach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056720081151,"sku":"9780271027449","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83160afa-1a52-4d77-ad54-1baffde657ed.jpg?v=1685042884","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-of-the-turtledoves-jeff-bach-9780271027449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}