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August 1979

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The legend of the Wandering Jew, of his miraculous longevity and of the curse that drives him to travel ceaselessly through the centuries until the Second Coming of Christ, appears to have originated at a relatively late date and only in certain countries


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Edouard Roditi is an American poet and art historian who lives in Paris.