| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portrait |
| Summary |
This book deals with Christian lament in the late Reformation by exploring the efforts of a talented yet little-known layman to cope with the death of his beloved wife. It provides full access to the remarkable work of private devotion that he authored to express his lament. A work of haunting candor and searching faith, The Pious Meditations furnishes insight into life in the past as well as resources for life in the present |
| Notes |
Title of Oelhafen's manuscript: Piae meditationes vidvitatis, ehev, moestissimae.Title assigned by the Germanisches Naionalmusem Historisches Archiv: Gebetbuch des Hans Christoph Oelhafen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Texts translated from German and Latin with translation and critical matter in English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2021) |
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Meditations.
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Laments.
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Widowers -- Religious life
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Christian life.
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800
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Laments -- Early works to 1800
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Widowers -- Religious life
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Christian life
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Laments
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Meditations
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| Genre/Form |
Meditations
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Laments
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Meditations.
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Laments.
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Méditations.
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Lamentations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rittgers, Ronald K., 1965- translator, editor.
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| ISBN |
1506424813 |
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9781506424811 |
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