Collins Bros. Discuss Jacob Frank on Sphinx Radio

Zionism, Sabbateans, Jacob Frank, Sabbatai Zevi, Brandice, Jacob Schiff, blood libel, the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, hofjudens........ 32:19 minutes

Jacob Frank Ya'akov Frank, Jakob Frank; 1726–1791) was an 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi and also of King David. Frank and his followers were excommunicated due to his extremely unconventional doctrines that included acceptance of the New Testament, Enlightenment and some controversial concepts such as "purification through transgression."[1]

Frank arguably created a new religion, now referred to as Frankism, which combined some aspects of Christianity and Judaism. The development of Frankism was one of the consequences of the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi, the religious mysticism that resulted as a reaction to nascent Hassidism and the socioeconomic upheavals among the Jews of Poland and western Ukraine.