The Legend of the Wandering Jew: A Study in Ancient Platonic Theology

by George Kumler Anderson

Book Overview

When Christ, wearied by the heavy burden of the cross, leaned for a moment against a stranger's doorway, the stranger drove him away and cried, "Walk faster " To this, Christ replied, "I go, but you will walk until I come again " So began the legend of the Wandering Jew, which has recurred in many forms of literature and folklore ever since. George K. Anderson, in a book first published in 1965 and immediately hailed as a classic, traces this enduring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874515475
• ISBN13: 9780874515473
• Release Date: June 1965
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"