Born into a Sabbatean family, Jacob Frank (1726-1791) believed he was the reincarnation of both the seventeenth-century Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi as well as the Patriarch Jacob. He and his followers converted to Catholicism, and the Kabbalist mystic died a wealthy man protected by his own militia. His followers included prominent European nobility, b…
Secret History #25: The Revival of Jacob Frank
How one man conquered the world with his secret stories.
