Wandering Jew (was Re: GRGR(1): Some ideas)

[Andrew Dinn]

Craig Clark writes:

> The story (which has no scriptural basis) is that Ahasuerus refused Christ 
> a drink of water while he was carrying the cross to Golgotha, and so was 
> condemned to wander the earth until the Second Coming. It's been used 
> frequently in SF, for example in Walter M Miller's "A Canticle for 
> Leibowitz" and even in Dan Simmon's "Hyperion Cantos". Perhaps if we 
> look hard enough we'll find a Wandering Jew or two in GR... Strikes 
> me as the kind of legend in which TRP  would be interested.

Neil Gaiman also mentions Ahasuerus in his Sandman comics and perhaps
even recycles the character as Hob.


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.