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The Word in the Wilderness Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania.

Once a vibrant part of religious life for many Pennsylvania Germans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Fraktur manuscripts today are primarily studied for their decorative qualities. The Word in the Wilderness takes a different view, probing these documents for what they tell us about the l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ames, Alexander Lawrence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Penn State University Press, 2021.
Colección:Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER front
  • Series Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface: ""The Quill is My Plow
  • Notes to Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Notes to Introduction
  • Chapter 1: ""Heaven is My Fatherland
  • Notes to Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2: ""The Spirit of the Letter
  • Notes to Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3: ""Worship Always the Scripture
  • Notes to Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4: ""Incense Hill
  • Notes to Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5: Marching to ""Step and Time
  • Notes to Chapter 5
  • Conclusion
  • Notes to Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index