The Books of Jacob Reading and Writing Group met October 6-8th at the Center for Religion and the Human. The Books of Jacob Reading and Writing Group is a multi-year interdisciplinary project dedicated to reading The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, first published in Polish in October 2014, and subsequently in English translation in November 2021. An epic historical novel set in 18th century Eastern Europe, it gives an account of the rise of the movement around Jacob Frank, a Jewish-born, Christian convert messianic leader who both during his life and in his afterlives has been seen as an arch-heretic of modern Jewish history.
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