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"According to the myth of the Wandering Jew, Ahasverus denied Christ a resting place while Christ was traveling to Golgotha. In turn, Ahasverus was cursed to roam the earth until the Second Coming. Stefan Heym's novel The Wandering Jew re-creates and expands this myth to propose that the right synthesis of love and rebellion can bring human-kind to the Kingdom of Heaven."--BOOK JACKET. "Beginning at the Beginning, Heym introduces both Ahasverus and Lucifer as angels in free fall, cast out of heaven for their opinions of God's order. The story follows their respective oppositions through the…
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10 editions · 4 languages- Paperback · English · 1999The Wandering Jew (European Classics)Northwestern University Press · 298 pages · 9780810117068
- Other · English · 1984The wandering JewHolt, Rinehart and Winston · 298 pages · 9780030641534
- Paperback · German · 2000Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt · 243 pages · 9783596253319
- Paperback · French · 1991Ahasver le juif errantAge d'homme · 228 pages · 9782825100622
- Other · Hebrew · 1983Aḥashṿerosh, ha-yehudi ha-nodedʻAm ʻoved · 9789651301957
- Paperback · German · 1998Btb Bei Goldmann · 9783442723614
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