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MICHAELSON, J., The Heresy of Jacob Frank. From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth. Oxford University Press, 2023. 272p. Paperback. In the mainstream of Jewish collective memory, Jacob Frank was portrayed as an egomaniacal and depraved ignoramus, a false messiah, and a cynical serial convert-to Islam, then Christianity...Jay Michaelson makes a complementary theoretical argument in The Heresy of Jacob Frank, which received last year's National Jewish Book Award for scholarship...Michaelson, well known as a popular writer on religion and spirituality and an activist for gay rights both in Jewish life and the broader world, has been studying Jacob Frank for almost two decades...In a recent essay, he described being seduced by the allure of Frank's vigorous confrontation with traditional Jewish law and norms in The Words of the Lord, the late miscellany of Frank's oral teachings and anecdotes. Benjamin Weiner, Jewish Review of Books Jul 2023 |a 13/07/2023 (Publisher's information). € 27.16 (New) (approx. delivery time: 14 days) ISBN: 9780197651025