Literature and the Arts

Who was the wandering Jew?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/wandering-jew-100446.html" >Who was the wandering Jew?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

... a Jew who mocked or mistreated Jesus while he was on his way to the cross and who was condemned therefore to a life of wandering on earth until Judgment Day.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Wandering Jew from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition at Encyclopedia.com.

Similar questions: For what is the wandering Jew known? How would you describe the one known as the wandering Jew? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

The Wandering Jews.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Book The Wandering Jews W.W. Norton 146 pages...authentic" and "uncontaminated" Jews--surely terms chosen to offset...assimilated Western brethren (Jews who, according to Roth...his sharp critique of Western Jews, and of the bourgeoisie in...occupational hazards of being a Jew." In one ...
Tracking the wandering Jews: museum helps identify our past.(ISRAEL)(Diaspora...
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA) ...introduce the concept of the wandering Jews with a guided tour of the...state of Israel, from which the Jews were expelled some 2,500 years...throughout the generations, the Jews banished from their homes took...of the Marranos, or secret Jews, who were forced to adopt ...
The Wandering Jews.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review The Wandering Jews. Joseph Roth. Michael Hofmann, translator...impressions. The condition of Europe's Jews grew out of Roth's journalistic investigations...Roth saw that the future looked bleak for Jews, given the new forces coming to the surface...
Sheba, NYU researchers aim to draw a genetic map of the wandering Jew
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post ...draw a genetic map of the wandering Jew Byline: JUDY SIEGEL Edition...in an effort to trace their wanderings to and from Israel and in...others regarded as close to the Jews, such as Karaites - are being...collect blood samples only from Jews of Oriental, Sephardi or...collecting data from ...
Treasures of a Wandering Jew
Newspaper article from: Forward ...06-17-1994 Treasures of a Wandering Jew. In 1874, at the age of 8...Arabic made for the use of the Jews of Baghdad. By the time he...the Sassoon company, to the Jews in Kai-fung-foo, whom he...books have wandered with the Jews for hundreds and hundreds of...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.