A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
(1726–1791) Sect founder. Jacob Frank believed himself to be the *messiah and the successor to *Shabbetai Zevi. After his *excommunication by the *rabbis of Poland, Frank and his followers renounced the *Talmud and were formally baptized as Christians.
It became clear however that they regarded Frank rather than Jesus as the messiah and for a time Frank was imprisoned by the Church authorities. Initially adherents of the Frankist sect only married within their community, but by the mid-19th Century intermarriage became more common. The Frankists themselves were frequently accused of immorality. Many of their descendants became prominent among the Polish nobility.
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