Frank, Jacob

Frank, Jacob
(1726–91)
   Sect Founder.
   Frank was born Jankiev Lebowicz of Jewish parents. He was influenced by the Donmeh cult of Turkey – a group of Jews who had followed the false messiah Shabbetai Zevi into Islam. Frank seems to have believed that he was a reincarnation of Shabbetai Zevi and also the Second Person of the Trinity. After a debate with traditional Jews, Frank and his followers were baptised into the Catholic Church. However, he still allowed himself to be worshipped as the Messiah and was imprisoned for a time. His followers were said to indulge in licentious orgies and the cult spread from Poland to Bohemia and Germany. It had died out by the middle of the nineteenth century.
   G. Scholem, The Messianic Idea in Judaism and Other Essays (1920).

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