The Nazarene
Subtitle: A Novel Based on the Life of Christ
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: September 27, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 698
ISBN-13: 9780786703791
Subjects: Modern fiction; Religious - General; Historical - General; Yiddish Novel And Short Story; Fiction - Historical; N.T.; Fiction; N.T; History of Biblical events; Christian - General; European - German; Fiction / Historical; Bible.; Bible; Jesus Christ
First sentence: NOT the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition of our existence.
Description: This classic novel by one of the greatest writers of Yiddish literature tells the unforgettable story of three men: Cornelius, an officer in the Roman garrison of Jerusalem in the first century A.D.; Joseph Arimathea, a young Pharisee student at the time; and Yeshua, a radical preacher from Galilee, better remembered by his Greek name of Jesus.

The stories of these three men are narrated by Pan Viadomsky, an anti-Semitic Polish scholar who claims to have discovered the lost Fifth Gospel, containing the life of Christ according to his betrayer, Judas Iscariot. With unparalleled historical immediacy, Asch's inspired work presents a sweeping panorama of the Holy Land nearly two thousand years ago.