My first two thousand years

the autobiography of the Wandering Jew

by George Sylvester Viereck

1928 501 pages eng

My First Two Thousand Years tells the story of Cartaphilus, the Wandering Jew, a Jewish man and a former friend of Jesus, who joins the Roman army. He is present in Jerusalem as Jesus is carrying the cross up to Golgotha and he taunts Jesus for going meekly to his death. Jesus tells him "I shall g…