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-Jacob Frank (born Jacob Lejbowicz, 1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). He is not related to Anne Frank (1929–1945). Claiming to be a new messiah and the successor to [Sabbatai Zevi](/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi), he amassed thousands of followers. He led them through controversial conversions to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and then [Catholicism](/wiki/Catholicism), advocating a doctrine of "redemption through sin" where salvation was found by breaking traditional religious laws.
+Jacob Frank (born Jacob Lejbowicz, 1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). He is not related to Anne Frank (1929–1945). Claiming to be a new messiah and the successor to [Sabbatai Zevi](/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi), Frank amassed thousands of followers across Poland and the Ottoman Empire. He controversially led his disciples through conversions, first to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and later to [Catholicism](/wiki/Catholicism), often under duress or as a strategic maneuver. Frank advocated a doctrine of "redemption through sin," where salvation was sought by deliberately transgressing traditional religious laws. His teachings and actions led to his imprisonment and later, to his establishment of a court in Offenbach, Germany, where he continued to lead his followers until his death.
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-Jacob Frank (1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). He is not related to Anne Frank (1929–1945). Claiming to be a new messiah, he led his followers through conversions to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and then Catholicism, believing salvation lay through the breaking of old laws.
+Jacob Frank (born Jacob Lejbowicz, 1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). He is not related to Anne Frank (1929–1945). Claiming to be a new messiah and the successor to [Sabbatai Zevi](/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi), he amassed thousands of followers. He led them through controversial conversions to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and then [Catholicism](/wiki/Catholicism), advocating a doctrine of "redemption through sin" where salvation was found by breaking traditional religious laws.
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-Jacob Frank (1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). Claiming to be a new messiah, he led his followers through conversions to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and then Catholicism, believing salvation lay through the breaking of old laws.
+Jacob Frank (1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). He is not related to Anne Frank (1929–1945). Claiming to be a new messiah, he led his followers through conversions to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and then Catholicism, believing salvation lay through the breaking of old laws.
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+Jacob Frank (1726–1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who founded the Frankist movement, a radical, antinomian sect emerging from the tradition of [Sabbateanism](/wiki/Sabbateanism). Claiming to be a new messiah, he led his followers through conversions to [Islam](/wiki/Islam) and then Catholicism, believing salvation lay through the breaking of old laws.
+## See also
+- [Judaism](/wiki/Judaism)
+- [Kabbalah](/wiki/Kabbalah)
+- [Messianism](/wiki/Messianism)
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