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The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

by Moncure Daniel Conway

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Author
Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907
Title
The wandering Jew
Original Publication
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1881.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Daniel Lowe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Wandering Jew
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77755
Release Date
January 23, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE WANDERING JEW
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.I. THE LEGEND.
  5. 5.II. THE UNDYING ONES.
  6. 6.III. SOURCES OF THE MYTH.
  7. 7.IV. THE LEGENDS GENERALISED.
  8. 8.V. TRANSFIGURATION.
  9. 9.VI. MANTLES OF THE IMMORTALS.
  10. 10.VII. THE MARK OF CAIN.
  11. 11.VIII. THE JEW IN THEOLOGY.
  12. 12.IX. THE JEW IN FOLK-LORE.
  13. 13.X. THE WEIRD OF THE WANDERER.
  14. 14.XI. “THE VERY DEVIL INCARNATION.”
  15. 15.XII. THE WANDERING RACE.
  16. 16.XIII. THE POUND OF FLESH.
  17. 17.XIV. THE WANDERING JEW IN FOLK-LORE.
  18. 18.XV. THE NEW AHASUERUS IN GERMANY.
  19. 19.XVI. THE NEW AHASUERUS IN FRANCE.
  20. 20.XVII. THE NEW AHASUERUS IN ENGLAND.
  21. 21.XVIII. AHASUERUS VINCTUS.
  22. 22.XIX. AHASUERUS DELIVERED.
  23. 23.XX. THREE WITNESSES.
  24. 24.FOOTNOTES — Transcriber’s Note

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