Jacob Frank

(1726-1791)

Polish-Jewish religious leader

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Jacob Joseph Frank (Hebrew: יעקב פרנק; Polish: Jakub Józef Frank; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – December 10, 1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The Jewish authorities in Poland excommunicated Frank and his followers due to his heretical doctrines that included deification of himself as a part of a trinity and other controversial concepts such as neo-Carpocratian "purification through transgression".

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Born	1726 Korolówka, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	1791 (aged 64) Offenbach am Main, Principality of Isenburg-Birstein, Holy Roman Empire
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