Secret History #26: Faith of Evil
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.
Short Summary
- 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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Top Comments (10)
At this point I want my certificate of participation
Someone archive/back this up NOW!! Before it gets taken down!
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 .
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.
You know the Prof is about to snap when he starts his classes with “ok, so.”
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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I love when he drops something extremely insightful and then hits you with the “mkay, alright”
Its wild how a relatively small group of people control the world. And feel 'special and chosen' with messianic delusions of grandeur
the students have no idea how lucky they are to be in this class
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Top Comments (10)
At this point I want my certificate of participation
Someone archive/back this up NOW!! Before it gets taken down!
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 .
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.
You know the Prof is about to snap when he starts his classes with “ok, so.”
Regular classes has like full attendance and 3 people in class. Prof. Jiang's classes have 3 in class attendees and 10k online attendees
Dear viewers: Please subscribe to my Substack: https://predictivehistory.substack.com/p/secret-history-25-the-revival-of You can support me here: https://buymeacoffee.com/predictivehistory
I love when he drops something extremely insightful and then hits you with the “mkay, alright”
Its wild how a relatively small group of people control the world. And feel 'special and chosen' with messianic delusions of grandeur
the students have no idea how lucky they are to be in this class