The heresy of Jacob Frank: from Jewish messianism to esoteric myth
Introduction: The boundary crosser -- "I tell you everything and tell you nothing" : charlatan, fool, deviant, heretic--who was Jacob Frank? -- "I do not look to heaven but at what God does here on Earth" : Frankist antinomianism as materialist skepticism -- "Everything that...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
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Frank, Jacob 1726-1791
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Jewish messianic movements (Europe, Eastern)
History
B Mysticism Judaism History 18th century B Frank, Jacob (approximately 1726-1791) B Biography B Pseudo-Messiahs Biography B Judaism (Europe, Eastern) History 18th century |
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| Summary: | Introduction: The boundary crosser -- "I tell you everything and tell you nothing" : charlatan, fool, deviant, heretic--who was Jacob Frank? -- "I do not look to heaven but at what God does here on Earth" : Frankist antinomianism as materialist skepticism -- "Everything that is of the spirit has to be turned into flesh" : magic, myth, and the material imaginaire -- "To make a man in wholeness, stable and possessing eternal life" : the occult quest for immortality -- "With this deed we go to the naked thing" : sexual antinomianism as mystical messianism -- "We have no need of books of Kabbalah" : rejecting Kabbalah and Sabbateanism -- "The gods of freemasonry will have to do that which those two did" : Frankism as Western esotericism -- "All religions change and go beyond the borders laid down by their ancestors" : foreshadowing secularism and spirituality. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 263 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 019753063X |