03985cam a2200685Ki 4500 ocn861793277 OCoLC 20200709060338.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 131031s2012 ncua ob 001 0 eng d JSTOR eng rda pn JSTOR OCLCO OCLCF OTZ YDXCP N$T 9781469601342 electronic bk. 1469601346 electronic bk. 9780807835579 0807835579 (OCoLC)861793277 965127 (N$T) 22573/ctt60kx4 JSTOR n-us-pa P120.V37 E73 2012eb HIS036020 bisacsh REL043000 bisacsh HIS036080 bisacsh LAN 001000 bisacsh 409.748/09033 23 N$TA Erben, Patrick M. (Patrick Michael) A harmony of the spirits : translation and the language of community in early Pennsylvania / Patrick M. Erben. Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Unter der Leitung seines Geistes": Spiritual translation in early America -- Reversing the heritage of Babel: Visions of religious and linguistic renewal in seventeenth-century Europe -- Translating Pennsylvania: visions of spiritual community in promotional literature -- Debating Pennsylvania: religious and linguistic diversity and difference -- "Honey-combs" and "paper-hives": Francis Daniel Pastorius and the gathering of a translingual community of letters -- A hidden voice amplified: music, mysticism, and translation -- "What will become of Pennsylvania?": war, community and the language of suffering for peace -- Confusio linguarum redux: Moravian missions, multilingualism, and the search for a spiritual language. Description based on print version record. In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. This book challenges the long-standing historical myth - first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin - that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. It deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the 'holy experiment'. Language and languages Variation. Pennsylvania History. Pennsylvania Languages. Language and culture United States. HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) bisacsh Language and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst00992135 Language and languages. fast (OCoLC)fst00992154 Language and languages Variation. fast (OCoLC)fst00992272 Pennsylvania. fast (OCoLC)fst01204598 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems bisacsh Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Erben, Patrick M. (Patrick Michael). Harmony of the spirits 9780807835579 (DLC) 2011050214 (OCoLC)756594337 JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807838198_Erben EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=965127 YBP Library Services YANK 11630747 EBSCOhost EBSC 965127 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 56146 56146