Sholem Asch (1880-1957), novelist

Sholem Asch (Szulim Asz, 1880-1957) was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist.

Biography

Yiddish author. Born in Kutno, Poland. After receiving a traditional Jewish education, joined the Haskalah movement. Visited Palestine in 1908 and then moved to the United States in 1910, becoming an American citizen in 1920. Returned to Poland, then moved to France, visited Palestine again in 1936 and finally settled in the United States in 1938. His sympathetic treatment of Jesus, Paul and Mary rose considerable controversy at the time of its publication.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Novels

• The Nazarene (1939 Asch), novel
  • Der man fun Natsereth <Yiddish> (1942)
  • Il Nazareno (1947 Asch), novel (Italian ed.)
• The Apostle (1943 Asch), novel
  • L’Apostolo (1950 Asch), novel (Italian ed.)
• Mary (1949 Asch), novel

External links

• Wikipedia