Pawel Maciejko is Lecturer in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Preface Introduction Chapter 1. In the Shadow of the Herem Chapter 2. The Peril of Heresy, the Birth of a New Faith Chapter 3. Where Does Frankism Fit In? Chapter 4. The Politics of the Blood Libel Chapter 5. How Rabbis and Priests Created the Frankist Movement Chapter 6. Ghosts of the Past, Heralds of the Future Chapter 7. The Fall of Edom Chapter 8. The Vagaries of the Charlatans Chapter 9. The Ever-Changing Masquerade List of Current and Historical Place Names List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
"With this multifaceted study of Frank and Frankism, Pawel Maciejko has made a major contribution to our understanding of the intricacies and varieties of Judaism in eastern Europe in the eighteenth century. He brings tremendous erudition and insight to the religious history of early modern Poland." (Times Literary Supplement) "Magnificent. . . . [Maciejko] has seemingly mined every available text on Frank and the Frankists; unlike earlier scholars, such as Gershom Scholem, he commands the Polish sources as well. He tells the story in riveting style." (Jewish Review of Books) "A major scholarly achievement . . . this is the single best study written to date of Frank and Frankism in all their complexity and will be required reading for any student or scholar of early modern Jewish history and Christian-Jewish relations, kabbalah, and Jewish messianism." (AJS Review) "Maciejko's scholarship is stunning in its comprehensiveness and the combination of careful analysis of detail with breadth of historical vision. This book fills a longstanding lacuna in European and Jewish historiography. It is innovative both in the sense that many new sources are consulted and in its conceptually innovative revision of the historical significance of Frank and his movement." (Gershon David Hundert, McGill University)