Abstract
The largest book produced in colonial America, known in English as the Martyrs Mirror, was translated and printed by the celibate brothers of the Ephrata Community in Pennsylvania in 1748. The illustration that serves as a title page in some of the Ephrata volumes gives a pictorial allegory for the Christian life, featuring the baptism of Jesus by immersion at the center of the picture. After renouncing the world, believers bear the cross of Christ and arrive in heaven. It is likely that the title page was done by the Frankfurt engraver, Michael Eben.
Date
April 2011
Volume
5
Number
2
First Page
82
Last Page
93
Journal Title
American Communal Societies Quarterly
ISSN
1939-473X
