The Nazarene

E318529
historical novel novel

"The Nazarene" is a 1939 historical novel by Sholem Asch that portrays the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth from a sympathetic, human-centered Jewish perspective.

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Label Occurrences
The Nazarene canonical 4
The Nazarene (novel) 1
the Nazarene 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Sholem Asch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts political tensions under Roman rule ⓘ
religious conflicts in Judea ⓘ
social life in 1st-century Palestine ⓘ
followedBy Mary ⓘ
The Apostle ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth

Judas Iscariot ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus

Pontius Pilate ⓘ
apostles of Jesus ⓘ
hasReception controversial among some Jewish communities ⓘ
welcomed by some Christian readers ⓘ
hasTranslation French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Yiddish literature ⓘ
mainSubject Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
narrativeFocus life and times of Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
notableFor Jewish interpretation of Jesus ⓘ
controversial reception among Jewish readers ⓘ
originalTitle Der Man fun Natseres ⓘ
partOf Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy ⓘ
perspective Jewish perspective ⓘ
portrayal human-centered portrayal of Jesus ⓘ
sympathetic portrayal of Jesus ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
publisher G. P. Putnam’s Sons ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
settingPeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
settingRegion Roman province of Judea ⓘ
surface form: Roman Judea
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme Jewish-Christian relations ⓘ
faith and doubt ⓘ
identity and belief ⓘ
messianic expectations ⓘ
timeOfAction Second Temple period ⓘ
ministry of Jesus ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sholem Asch → notableWork → The Nazarene ⓘ
Nazarenus → equivalentTo → The Nazarene ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Nazarene
The Apostle → relatedWork → The Nazarene ⓘ
Mary → followedBy → The Nazarene ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary (novel)
this entity surface form: The Nazarene (novel)
Szmul Asz → notableWork → The Nazarene ⓘ
subject surface form: Sholem Asch
Asch → notableWork → The Nazarene ⓘ
subject surface form: Sholem Asch