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Frank, Jacob


Ukraine, Religious Person    (1726 to 1791)
• Jewish cult leader, follower of Sabbatai Zevi (See: Jewish Encyclopedia article)
• The Frankists accepted only the Kabbalist Zohar, and rejected the Talmud as their religious text
• 1759 : Frank "converted" to Roman Catholicism in Poland
• 1760 : Frank arrested and imprisoned for heresy by the Catholics
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