Author
Lampert-Weissig; Lisa
Year
2024
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Pages
21
ISBN
978-0-47290-395-5
Last Update
03-Sep-2024
Keywords
History ; European Studies ; Language & Literature ; Religion ; Jewish Studies
What would it be like to meet an immortal being? In this opening stanza to Edwin Arlington Robinson’s 1920 poem “The Wandering Jew,” the speaker depicts an encounter with the legendary figure, said to be cursed by Jesus with a supernaturally long life (Robinson 1928, 456; see also Stanford 1978). According to legend, as Jesus bore the cross along the Via Dolorosa, he paused before a man’s home and asked to rest. The man refused, heartlessly urging him to hurry to his death. Jesus turned to him and said, “I will go, but you will tarry until I return.” Since...
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