The Nazarene

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Sigend presentation copy. Quarto in black cloth; iii, 698 pages; 22 cm Neat closed tear to spine head cloth, about one inch; else overall very good thus. No jacket. Hardcover.

Signed by Asch and presented to one Gastone Usigli. Limited to 500 copies. Translated from the Yiddish original. "An anti-Semitic Polish scholar recounts the stories of three men from the first century A.D., Cornelius, Joseph Arimathea, and Yeshua, while claiming to have uncovered the Fifth Gospel, told by Christ's betrayer Judas Iscariot." —Publisher // Biographical fiction. Roman biographique. Biographical fiction. History of Biblical events. Yiddish fiction -- Translations into English Jesus Christ -- Fiction. Jesus Christ -- Fiction. Jésus-Christ -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Jesus Christ. Religious fiction. Biographical fiction. Christian fiction. Religious fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Religious fiction. Historical fiction. Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction. Bible New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction. Bible. New Testament.