European Christian legendary figure of a Jew who taunted Jesus and was cursed to immortally walk the Earth until the Second Coming

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A legless beggar asking the Wandering Jew for alms in a Spanish square. Etching by Frederick Carter, 1928.

Ahasuerus (the Wandering Jew) man sits in hell among the shades, decrepit and tormented by Satan. Wood engraving by F.J. Gauchard after G. Doré, 1856.

Die Sage vom Ewigen Juden / Historisch entwickelt, mit verwandten Mythen verglichen und kritisch beleuchtet. Von J.G. Th. Grässe.

Le juif-errant à la Salpêtrière : Etude sur certains névropathes voyageurs.

Le juif errant à la Salpêtrière : étude sur certains névropathes voyageurs / par Henry Meige.

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Die Sage vom Ewigen Juden / Historisch entwickelt, mit verwandten Mythen verglichen und kritisch beleuchtet. Von J.G. Th. Grässe.

Le juif-errant à la Salpêtrière : Etude sur certains névropathes voyageurs.

A legless beggar asking the Wandering Jew for alms in a Spanish square. Etching by Frederick Carter, 1928.

Le juif errant à la Salpêtrière : étude sur certains névropathes voyageurs / par Henry Meige.

Ahasuerus (the Wandering Jew) man sits in hell among the shades, decrepit and tormented by Satan. Wood engraving by F.J. Gauchard after G. Doré, 1856.