Four Genadendal Books 1. Die Geskiedenis Van Genadendal Signed 2. Genadendal The Valley of Grace Signed 3. The Genadendal Diaries Volume 1 & 2
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1. Die Geskiedenis Van Genadendal 1738-1988 Signed
Author: Isaac Balie
Publisher: Perskor
Edition: First 1988
ISBN: 0 628 03235 8
Language: Afrikaans
Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding.
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Pages: 263. Print with images
Die Geskiedenis van Genadendal 17381988 deur Isaac Balie bied n omvattende kultuurhistoriese vertelling van hoe die Morawiese sendingstasie Genadendal, vanaf sy onseker begin in 1738, ontwikkel het tot een van die mees vooruitstrewende en ordelike gemeenskappe aan die Kaap in die 19de eeu. Die boek beklemtoon die rol van Genadendal se inwoners as gewone maar begaafde mense wat n beduidende bydrae tot Afrikaanse kultuur gelewer hetonder meer deur vroeë drukwerk en vakmanskap wat selfs die Voortrekkers se binnelandse togte beïnvloed het. Balie beskryf ook die periodes van twis en verval wat die gemeenskap geteister het, maar toon hoe hoop, veerkragtigheid en kulturele erfenis steeds die kern van Genadendal se verhaal vorm.
2. Genadendal. The Valley of Grace Signed
Author: Dr Isaac Balie
Publisher: Dr Isaac Balie
Edition: Second 2021
ISBN: 978-0-620-89375-6
Language: English
Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding.
Binding: Hardcover with illustrated coverboards
Pages: 208. Print with images
Genadendal: The Valley of Grace is a historical account by Isaac Balie that traces the development of South Africas oldest mission station, founded by early missionaries and later preserved through the Genadendal Mission Museum, declared a National Cultural Treasure in 1991. The book offers a concise yet vivid walk through the communitys spiritual life, education, built environment, natural surroundings, cottage industries, and social history, showing how Genadendal evolved from its missionary origins into a culturally rich settlement whose heritage continues to shape its identity today.
3. The Genadendal Diaries. Diaries of the Herrnhut Missionaries H Marsveld, D Schwinn and J C Kuhnel. Volume 1 (1792-1794)
Author: Edited by H C Bredekamp and H E F Puddemann
Publisher: University of the Western Cape Institute for Historical Research
Edition: First 1992
ISBN: 1-86808-115-X
Language: English
Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding.
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 291
The Genadendal Diaries, Volume 1 (17921794) records the earliest years of the Herrnhut (Moravian) mission at Baviaansklooflater renamed Genadendalin the Cape of Good Hope. Written by missionaries Hendrik Marsveld, Daniel Schwinn, and Johann Christian Kühnel, the diaries chronicle their daily efforts to establish a Christian mission among the local Khoikhoi community, describing travel through the Cape interior, encounters with colonial authorities, the challenges of building a settlement, and the slow formation of a congregation. The entries reveal a mixture of hardship, devotion, cultural negotiation, and emerging community life, offering a vivid, first hand account of early missionary activity and the social landscape of late 18th century South Africa.
4. The Genadendal Diaries. Diaries of the Herrnhut Missionaries H Marsveld, D Schwinn and J C Kuhnel. Volume 2 (1795-1796)
Author: Edited by H C Bredekamp and H E F Puddemann
Publisher: University of the Western Cape Institute for Historical Research
Edition: First 1999
ISBN: 1-86808-115-X
Language: English
Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding.
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 198
The Genadendal Diaries, Volume 2 (17951796) offers a vivid, day to day account of the Moravian (Herrnhut) missionaries H. Marsveld, D. Schwinn, and J.C. Kühnel as they navigated political upheaval, community building, and spiritual work at Baviaanskloof/Genadendal during a turbulent period at the Cape. The entries capture their interactions with local Khoi communities, efforts to maintain religious instruction, and the challenges posed by shifting colonial authority in the wake of the 1795 British occupation. Overall, the volume reveals a mission station balancing pastoral care, cultural negotiation, and survival amid uncertainty, while documenting the early social development of what would become South Africas oldest mission settlement.
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