The Wandering Jew : essays in the interpretation of a Christian legend
- Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press c1986
- ix, 278p.; bibliog. notes; ill.; bibliog.
Introduction. Ahasuerus, the wandering Jew: Origin and background -- R. Edelmann. The wandering Jew: Legend or myth? -- Eduard Konig. The Ahasver-Volksbuch of 1602--Aaron Schaffer. Ahasver--David Daube. The legend of the wandering Jew: A Franciscan headache -- P. B. Bagatti. The three apples of Easter: A legend of the valley of Aosta -- Louis Jaccod. French images of the wandering Jew -- Champfleury. Popular survivals of the wandering Jew in England -- G. K. Anderson. The wandering Jew in America -- Rudolf Glanz. The cobbler of Jerusalem in Finnish folklore -- Galit Hasan-Rokem. The Swedish wanderings of the eternal Jew -- Bengt af Klintberg. Wodan, the wild huntsman, and the wandering Jew -- Karl Blind. The wandering Jew in the clinic: A study in neurotic pathology -- Henry Meige. Ahasver: a mythic image of the Jew -- E. Isaac-Edersheim. Ahasver, the eternal wanderer: Psychological aspects -- S. Hurwitz. The wandering Jew: The alienation of the Jewish image in Christian consciousness -- Adolf F. Leschnitzer. The wandering Jew as sacred executioner -- Hyam Maccoby. Appendix: Gustave Dore's depictions of the wandering Jew. Suggestions for further reading on the wandering Jew: A selected bibliography
'Galit Hasan-Rokem and Alan Dundes have collected for the first time in a single volume the most representative interpretations of the legend of the Wandering Jew. Symbolic of the historical relationship between Jews and Christians, the Wandering Jew has inspired innumerable plots in prose, poetry, and drama, and continues to be an inexhaustible source of anti-Semitic stereotypes. The editors and contributors expose the widespread and long-lasting strength of this insidious caricature.'