{"product_id":"the-mixed-multitude-9780812223439","title":"The Mixed Multitude","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extensive archival research, this book explores the history of Frankism, a Jewish religious movement that began in Poland and spread into the Habsburg Empire and the German lands in the later eighteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With this multifaceted study of Frank and Frankism, Paweł 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.\" * \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" * \u003ci\u003eJewish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" * \u003ci\u003eAJS Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. In the Shadow of the \u003ci\u003eHerem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Peril of Heresy, the Birth of a New Faith\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Where Does Frankism Fit In?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Politics of the Blood Libel\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. How Rabbis and Priests Created the Frankist Movement\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Ghosts of the Past, Heralds of the Future\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Fall of Edom\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Vagaries of the Charlatans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Ever-Changing Masquerade\u003cbr\u003e List of Current and Historical Place Names\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405703618903,"sku":"9780812223439","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812223439.jpg?v=1730493335","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mixed-multitude-9780812223439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}