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| Hoton Taskar Dijital ta Brothers |
| Wasu daga cikin ma’aikatan adana kayan tarihi, ma’aikatan laburare, da ’yan tarihi waɗanda suke cikin kwamitin da ke tsara Taskar Dijital na ’Yan’uwa: (daga hagu) Wasu daga cikin Kwamitin Rubutun Tarihi na ’Yan’uwa (hagu zuwa dama): Liz Cutler Gates, Brethren Missionary Herald; Darryl Filbrun, Tsohon Jamus Baptist Brothers, Sabon Taro; Gary Kochheiser, 'Yan'uwa na Conservative Grace; Steve Bayer, Tsohon Jamus Baptist Brothers; Paul Stump, Cibiyar Tarihi ta Yan'uwa; Eric Bradley, Morgan Library, Grace College da Seminary; Larry Heisey, Cibiyar Tarihi ta Yan'uwa. Zaune, Shirley Frick, Littafi Mai Tsarki. |
Mun san kadan game da ’Yan’uwa na farko. Ba mu ma san ainihin ranar da aka yi baftisma na farko ba. Hakika, littattafai kaɗan ne suka tsira daga ƙarni na farko. Mahimman rubuce-rubucen farko irin na Virginian Benjamin Bowman (1754-1829) ba su wanzu ba.
Ba tare da dalili ba ’yan tarihi sun kira shekarun 1776-1851 a matsayin “shekarun shiru.” “Shiru” ya ƙare a cikin 1851 tare da buga littafin Brethren na farko na lokaci-lokaci, “Maziyartan Bishara” wanda Henry Kurtz ya shirya, James Quinter ya haɗa shi a cikin 1856 da James Quinter wanda zai zama edita kaɗai. Daga ƙarshe “Maziyarci” zai ɗauki wasu littattafan lokaci-lokaci waɗanda suka kafa “Manzon Bishara” a 1883.
A matsayin ƙungiyoyin ɗarika waɗanda zasu haifar da rarrabuwar kawuna masu raɗaɗi da aka kafa a kusa da editoci da na lokaci-lokaci, da yawa sun yi fatan komawa shiru. Babu shakka, babu komowa. Lokaci-lokaci sune ƙwarin guiwa a bayan faɗaɗa ɗarika da manufa ta faɗin duniya ga 'yan'uwa. Editoci sun fito a matsayin masu siffanta al'adun ɗarika da ainihi. 'Yan'uwa sun ƙara fahimtar kansu a matsayin wani ɓangare na al'ummar duniya, na musamman duk da haka a cikin manufa tare da sauran Furotesta, suna raba Kristi fiye da al'ummominsu da ke ware.
Karancin bayanai ya daina. Kwanaki na cika bayanan sun fara. Ba wai kawai shafuffukan da aka buga na ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi irin su Cocin Brothers, Brothers Church, Dunker Brothers, Old Order German Baptists, da Grace Brothers Church suka mamaye ɗayan ba, amma sabbin littattafan da ƙungiyoyin bayar da shawarwari suka kafa. darikoki kamar kungiyoyin mishan, kolejoji, makarantun hauza, har ma da gundumomi.
Sa’ad da muka waiwaya baya ga zamanin zinariya na shafin da aka buga, za mu iya yin mamakin wannan gagarumin fure na tunani da ayyuka na ’yan’uwa kuma mu tambayi ta yaya, ko, ko ta wace hanya za a tuna da mutane, ayyuka, da tunanin zamaninmu. kuma an rubuta?
Yanzu zamanin zinare na wallafe-wallafen 'yan'uwa ya zo da ban mamaki a cikin Taskar Dijital na 'Yan'uwa, ana samun su akan layi cikin cikakken rubutu ba tare da caji ba a archive.org/details/brethrendigitalarchives . Ya ƙunshi littattafai 29 na lokaci-lokaci da magada na ruhaniya na waɗanda suka yi baftisma a Kogin Eder suka buga daga 1852-2000.
An ba da tallafin wani ɓangare ta hanyar tallafi daga gidauniyar Sloan da karimcin cibiyoyi da daidaikun ’yan’uwa, ma’aikatan laburare, masu adana kayan tarihi, da masana tarihi na kwalejoji, jami’o’i, da cibiyoyin tarihi ne suka jagoranci aikin.
Wannan ingantaccen albarkatu har ma ana iya bincika ta da sunayen daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyin, har ma da ra'ayoyi. Daga cikin fitattun littattafan Coci na ’yan’uwa na lokaci-lokaci akwai “Maziyartan Linjila,” “Yan’uwa Masu Aiki,” “Manzo Bishara,” “Manzo,” “Inglenook,” da “Maziyartan Mishan.”
Waɗannan albarkatun suna ba da hangen nesa game da ayyukan ’yan’uwa da suka gabata, imani, da kuma kuskura mu faɗi jayayya. Rumbun yana ba da ɗimbin tushen tarihin ikilisiya, yanki, har ma da gunduma. Mutum na iya karanta mantawa amma har yanzu zurfin rubuce-rubucen ibada na AC Wieand, Anna Mow, da William Beahm, alal misali, da editoci masu motsi da tunani na Desmond Bittinger da Kenneth Morse. Masu karatu na iya cin karo da rubuce-rubucen annabci na Dan West da Kermit Eby, ko labarun yara na Lucille Long, ko bincika yadda 'yan'uwa suka fuskanci rikice-rikicen yakin basasa, yakin duniya na daya, yakin cacar baki, da yakin kare hakkin bil'adama don adalci na launin fata.
Wannan ingantaccen albarkatun yana samuwa ga duk masu haɗin Intanet.
- William Kostlevy darektan Laburare na Tarihi na Brothers da Archives a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill.