Mixed Multitude - Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement, 1755-1816

Pawel Maciejko is Lecturer in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. In the Shadow of the Herem

Chapter 2. The Peril of Heresy, the Birth of a New Faith

Chapter 3. Where Does Frankism Fit In?

Chapter 4. The Politics of the Blood Libel

Chapter 5. How Rabbis and Priests Created the Frankist Movement

Chapter 6. Ghosts of the Past, Heralds of the Future

Chapter 7. The Fall of Edom

Chapter 8. The Vagaries of the Charlatans

Chapter 9. The Ever-Changing Masquerade

List of Current and Historical Place Names

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Pawel Maciejko is Lecturer in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Pawe Maciejko, Pawe& Maciejko, Pawel Maciejko, Pawel Maciejko Maciejko
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9780812223439
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2343-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts; Jewish Culture and Contexts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous