I, Wandering Jew : A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mintzker, Yair.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wandering Jew.

Wandering Jew--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Combining history, detective story, and memoir, a surprising and revealing account of the antisemitic myth of ""the Wandering Jew"" The story behind the mythical figure of ""the Wandering Jew"" is one of the most fascinating tales in European history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Translation and Transliteration

To the Reader

Introduction

1 The Apparition (1952)

2 When Ahasverus Turned Jewish (1873)

3 A True Story That Never Happened (1711)

4 The Case of Ahasverus in Hamburg (1602)

5 I, Ahasverus (2025)

Appendix: The Kurtze Beschreibung, Annotated

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-27272-7

9780691272726

OCLC:

1573149778