 | The Mixed Multitude: Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement, 1755-1816 Subjects: Frank Jacob ca. 1726–1791; Jewish Messianic movements -- Europe Eastern -- History; Judaism -- Europe Eastern -- History -- 18th century; Judaism -- Europe Eastern -- History -- 19th century; Based on extensive archival research, this book explores the history of Frankism, a Jewish religious movement that began in Poland and spread into the Habsburg Empire and the German lands in the later eighteenth century. Pawel Maciejko is Lecturer in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
