Download or read book Between Sardis and Philadelphia written by Douglas H. Shantz and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first monograph to examine the complex life of the Reformed Philadelphian court preacher Conrad BrAske (1660-1713). Chapters consider his experiences as a student at Marburg University, as educational traveler, as proponent of a millenarian mindset and his conflicts with Johann Konrad Dippel and the Elberfeld Classis.