Language:
English
Year of publication:
1985
Titel der Quelle:
World Congress of Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
9,D, vol. 2 (1985) 189-196
Keywords:
Wandering Jew in literature
;
Antisemitism in literature
;
Jews in literature
Abstract:
The image of the Wandering Jew, the legendary Ahasver who refused to allow Jesus to rest at his house as he carried the Cross, was first found in print in Germany in 1602. It spread throughout Europe in various literary forms. Invented by anti-Jewish Christians, the legend asserted that Jews could be treated as human beings only if they converted to Christianity. Nevertheless, the image was appropriated and used by modern Jewish writers as a symbol of Jewish otherness or as a precursor of the Messiah.
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