Frankism was a Sabbatean religious movement originating in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th and 19th centuries. Created in Podolia, it was named after its founder, Jacob Frank. Frank com
Jacob Frank, 1895 depiction
The Frankist Virgin, Eve Frank (1774)
The Sabbateans are a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi, an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza
Frankism
…Frankism was a Sabbatean religious movement originating in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th and 19th centuries. Created in Podolia, it was named after its founder…
Illustration of Sabbatai Zevi from 1906 (Joods Historisch Museum)
Former followers of Sabbatai do penance for their support of him.
Sabbatai Zevi "enthroned" as the Jewish Messiah, from Tikkun, Amsterdam, 1666