Dissident religious leader
Jacob Frank
Life
1726–1791
He founded an antinomian movement that culminated in collective Catholic conversion.
What the sources say
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3 statements
01
Jacob Leibowitz adopted the name Jacob Frank during an Ottoman sojourn.
02
Frank rejected rabbinic authority while combining Christian, Kabbalistic, and antinomian ideas.
03
Frank was baptized in September 1759 and took the name Jakub Josef.