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Frankism
Sign in to savethumb|Jacob Frank, 1895 depiction|alt=The bust of a man with a hat and an ermine cloak.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Description
- Organization
- Doctrine
- "Words of the Lord"
- The "V" doctrine
- The Virgin
- Da'at, the mystical goal
- Scholarly analysis
- After Jacob Frank
- Modern-day references to ‘Frankism’
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|Jacob Frank, 1895 depiction|alt=The bust of a man with a hat and an ermine cloak.
Frankism was a Sabbatean religious movement originating in the Ancient Polish Republic in the 18th and 19th centuries. Created in Podolia, it was named after its founder, Jacob Frank. Frank completely rejected Jewish norms, preaching to his followers that they were obligated to transgress moral boundaries, embracing antinomianism. The Frankists engaged in incest, orgies and sex rituals, such as the infamous 1756 incident in Lanškroun where they were allegedly caught dancing around a half-naked woman symbolizing the Shekhinah.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frankism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.