A translation and the language of community in early Pennsylvania Erben, Patrick M. (Patrick Michael) creator text bibliography Electronic books. History. ncu 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) : illustrations. 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'. "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. Patrick M. Erben. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-pa Language and languages Variation Pennsylvania History Pennsylvania Languages Language and culture United States HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Language and culture Language and languages Language and languages Variation Pennsylvania United States LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems P120.V37 E73 2012eb 409.748/09033 Erben, Patrick M. (Patrick Michael). (DLC) 2011050214 (OCoLC)756594337 9781469601342 1469601346 22573/ctt60kx4 JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807838198_Erben http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=965127 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807838198_Erben http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=965127 JSTOR 131031 20200709060338.0 ocn861793277 eng