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Secret History #26: Faith of Evil

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Jacob Frank’s Rebellion: How Anti-Law Philosophy Shaped Modern Western Thought

Uncover how a series of historical Jewish crises of faith culminated in Jacob Frank’s radical doctrine, which advocates breaking established laws to master material success and conquer the world.

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  • Identify the three core theological crises that fractured Jewish identity following multiple diasporas and persecutions.
  • Grasp how Sabbatai Zevi’s radical messianism paved the way for Jacob Frank’s even more overtly anti-legal, success-oriented philosophy.
  • Learn Frank’s core tenets: rejection of spiritualism for material engagement, justifying sin for knowledge acquisition, and building an egalitarian structure for global conquest.

This lecture tracks the historical trajectory of Jewish identity from its foundational pillars in Jerusalem through devastating conflicts with imperial powers, leading to profound crises of faith around the 17th century. Professor Jiang then introduces the revolutionary, anti-rabbinic teachings of Sabbatai Zevi and, subsequently, Jacob Frank, whose Sabbatian Frankism explicitly mandates the transgression of moral and religious laws to achieve worldly power and perceived divine truth.

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In this Thursday, December 11, 2025 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains the religious outlook of Jacob Frank. Notes and References: 1. The Collection of the Words of the Lord (Jacob Frank), translated by Harris Lenowitz) 2. "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop" by William Butler Yeats 3. Faust by Goethe

Top Comments (10)

@nawezajossardprosper8785 2025-12-11

At this point I want my certificate of participation

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@JiangArchive 2025-12-11

I have gone through the effort of archiving all of Prof Jiang’s clips both on YouTube and offline. We’re all apart of a movement and we need to be patient and educate people around us .

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@keagan7348 2025-12-12

Blows me away that this is a HIGH SCHOOL class. You’d be LUCKY to get something like this in a post graduate program at university in the US.

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@TekkenDemon84 2025-12-11

He’s literally one of the most important channels on YouTube in my opinion

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@KubasKlimkar 2025-12-11

Regular classes has like full attendance and 3 people in class. Prof. Jiang's classes have 3 in class attendees and 10k online attendees

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@My_Alchemical_Romance 2025-12-11

You know the Prof is about to snap when he starts his classes with “ok, so.”

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@JKelly756 2026-03-10

I love when he drops something extremely insightful and then hits you with the “mkay, alright”

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@naaags 2025-12-13

When Amber said “holy smokes” I felt that

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@mattkent7270 2026-04-16

Amber has such an insightful comment at the conclusion

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