Christliches gemèuths-gesprèach von dem geistlichen und seligmachenden glauben, und erkèantniss der wahrheit, so zu der gottseligkeit fèuhret in der hoffnug des ewigen lebens, Tit, I, v. I. In frag und antwort fèur die ankommende jugend, wodurch dieselbe zu einer heilsamen lebens-uebung mèochte gereitzt und gebracht werden
Das kleine Davidische psalterspiel der kinder Zions : von alten und neuen auserlesenen Geistes Gesangen, allen wahren Heilsbegierigen sanglingen der weisheit, insonderheit aber denen gemeinden des Herrn, zum dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen in gegenwartig-beliebiger Form und Ordnung. Nebst einem dreyfachen, darzu nutzlichen und der Materien halben nothigen Register
"The larger Psalterspiel, of which the second edition appeared 1729 in Schaffhausen, contained 1047 hymns on 849 pages. Of these a selection was published as the small Psalterspiel, mainly for the use of the 'Inspired' ... The American reprint became quite popular with some sects, Dunkers, Mennonites, etc., as is evidenced by the numerous editions of the book (1744, 1760, 1764, 1777, 1781, 1795, 1797, 1813, 1829)"--Seidensticker, The first century of German printing in America, 1728-1830, Philadelphia, 1893, p. 23.
Full tooled leather binding. brass clasps intact, both covers loose.
Pennsylvanish Deitsch! de Breefa fum Pit Schwefflebrenner, un de Bevvy, si Fraw, fun Schliffletown on der Drucker fum "Father Abraham", Lancaster, Pa. Grant Campaign, 1868
Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-455) and index.
Summary
"While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of the United States population and has remained for the most part an oral vernacular without official recognition or support. A true sociolinguistic wonder, Pennsylvania Dutch has been spoken continuously since the late eighteenth century, even though it has never been "refreshed" by later waves of immigration from abroad.In this probing study, Mark L. Louden, himself a fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch, provides readers with a close look at the place of the language in the life and culture of two major subgroups of speakers: the "Fancy Dutch," whose ancestors were affiliated mainly with Lutheran and German Reformed churches, and conservative Anabaptist sectarians known as the "Plain people"--the Old Order Amish and Mennonites.Drawing on scholarly literature, three decades of fieldwork, and ample historical documents--most of which have never before been made accessible to English-speaking readers--this is the first book to offer a comprehensive look at this unlikely linguistic success story"--
