Alternative Titles: Shalom Asch, Sholem Ash, Sholom Asch
Sholem Asch, Sholem also spelled Shalom or Sholom, Yiddish Sholem Ash, (born November 1, 1880, Kutno, Poland, Russian Empire—died July 10, 1957, London, England), Polish-born American novelist and playwright, the most controversial and one of the most widely known writers in modern Yiddish literature.
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In his last, most controversial period he attempted to unite Judaism and Christianity through emphasis upon their historical and theologico-ethical connections: Der man fun Netseres (1943; The Nazarene), a reconstruction of Christ’s life as expressive of essential Judaism; The Apostle (1943), a study of St. Paul; Mary (1949), the mother of Jesus seen as the Jewish “handmaid of the Lord”; and The Prophet (1955), on the Second (Deutero-) Isaiah, whose message of comfort and hope replaces the earlier prophecies of doom. In the presentation of this unknown prophet, conjectures based on archaeology and theology are blended by Asch’s depth of psychological insight.
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