The heresy of Jacob Frank : from Jewish messianism to esoteric myth / Jay Michaelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michaelson, Jay, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pseudo-Messiahs--Biography.

Pseudo-Messiahs.

Jewish messianic movements--Europe, Eastern--History.

Jewish messianic movements.

Mysticism--Judaism--History--18th century.

Mysticism.

Judaism--Europe, Eastern--History--18th century.

Judaism.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Frank, Jacob, approximately 1726-1791.

Frank, Jacob.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "I tell you everything and tell you nothing": Charlatan, Fool, Deviant, Heretic

-Who Was Jacob Frank?

2. "I do not look to heaven but at what God does here on Earth": Frankist Antinomianism as Materialist Skepticism

3. "Everything that is of the spirit has to be turned into flesh": Magic, Myth, and the Material Imaginaire

4. "To make a man in wholeness, stable and possessing eternal life": The Occult Quest for Immortality

5. "With this deed we go to the naked thing": Sexual Antinomianism as Mystical Messianism

6. "We don't need the books of Kabbalah": Rejecting Kabbalah and Sabbateanism

7. "The gods of the freemasons will have to do what those two have done": Frankism as Western Esotericism

8. "All religions change and go beyond the borders laid down by their ancestors": Foreshadowing Secularism and Spirituality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Scholarship, Winner, 2022

Other Format:

Online version: Michaelson, Jay, 1971- Heresy of Jacob Frank

ISBN:

9780197530634

019753063X

9780197651025

019765102X

OCLC:

1324246534

Publisher Number:

99992496424