A legendary figure. The wandering Jew, Ahasuerus, taunted Jesus on his way to the cross and was condemned to wander the earth forever. The legend was current in Christian medieval...

The Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to spread in Europe in the thirteenth century and became a fixture of Christian mythology, and, later, of Romanticism. The original legend concerns a Jew who taunted Jesus...