Eve Frank
Eve Frank or Eva Frank (1754 – 1816 or 1817)
Early life
Eve Frank received the name of Eve in 1760 upon the
Her father Jacob spread the rumor that Eve, who was often called "Eva Romanovna" at that point, was an illegitimate child of
Religious leader
Upon the death of her father in 1791, Eve became the "holy mistress" and leader of the cult. Eve Frank and her two younger brothers, Josef and Rochus, assumed responsibility for the direction of the court. Many people continued to go up to Offenbach am Main, to Gottes Haus, as the believers called it.
In 1800, the Franks sent "red letters" (in red ink) to hundreds of Jewish communities encouraging conversion to Frankism.[5] However, the Frank siblings had neither the stature nor the strength of personality required to keep the cult going and as time went on the number of pilgrims and supply of money diminished drastically, while Eve continued to live in her accustomed luxury.
In November 1813, after the
Death and controversy
She finally became heavily indebted by three million
References
- ^ Encyclopedia Judaica.
- ^ a b c Лжемессия: Яков Франк и франкисты, Z. Rubashev
- ^ Maciejko, Paweł. The Mixed Multitude: Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement, 1755-1816. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011:170-6.
- Jstor, April 27, 2022
- ^ Brawer, A. (1965). Galicia ve-Yehudeiha. pp. 197–275.
- ^ 1788: Ein Messias im Isenburger Schloss - die "Frankisten" in Offenbach Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, Lothar R. Braun
- ^ "Also: Aziz Mehmed Effendi; Sabbateanism; Shabbateanism; Shabsazviniks; Shebsel; Zevi, Shabbetai". Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Louis-D-Brandeis-Melvin-Urofsky/dp/0375423664 Page 4
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the S. M. Dubnow (1901–1906). "Frank, Jacob and the Frankists". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Joseph Jacobs and Schulim Ochser (1901–1906). "Offenbach". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
External links
- Media related to Ewa Frank at Wikimedia Commons