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wandering jew, in botanywandering jew, common name for several creeping plants of the genus Tradescantia (including Zebrina) in the spiderwort spiderwort, common name for some members of the Commelinaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical succulent herbs found especially in Africa and the Americas...... Click the link for more information. family. T. pendula is most commonly cultivated in window boxes and hanging pots. Wandering jew is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Commelinales, family Commelinaceae. Wandering Jew, in legendWandering Jew, in literary and popular legend, a Jew who mocked or mistreated Jesus while he was on his way to the cross and who was condemned therefore to a life of wandering on earth until Judgment Day. The story of this wanderer was first recorded in the chronicles of Roger of Wendover and Matthew of Paris (13th cent.), but not until the early 17th cent. was he identified as a Jew. The story is common in Western Europe, but it presents marked national variations. Among the innumerable treatments of the subject is Shelley's Queen Mab.BibliographySee G. K. Anderson, The Legend of the Wandering Jew (1965); G. Hasan-Rokem and A. Dundes, ed., The Wandering Jew: Essays in the Interpretation of a Christian Legend (1986). Wandering Jew doomed to live forever for scorning Jesus. [Fr. Lit.: The Wandering Jew] See : Immortality Wandering Jew condemned to eternal wandering for mocking Christ. [Christian Legend: NCE, 2926; Fr. Lit.: Wandering Jew] See : Wandering How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cary Elwes is Nazi propaganda filmmaker Fritz Hippler, whose most famous work, ``The Eternal Jew,'' is shown in part in the miniseries. Nasty Nazi movies like The Eternal Jew were made to foment anti-Semitism, but they're sometimes shown today to fan fears of bigotry. The very fact that the Nazis subsequently used Beckert's impassioned self-defense in their anti-Semitic propaganda film The Eternal Jew, acknowledged but not sufficiently theorized by Tatar, militates against her conclusion that the speech draws audiences to the murderer's side. |
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