The Nazarene Author:Sholem Asch This classic novel by one of the greatest writers of Yiddish literature tells the unforgetable story of three men: Cornelius, an officer in the Roman garrison of Jerusalem in the first century A.D.; Joseph Arimathea, a young Pharisee student at the time; and Yeshua, a radical preacher of Galilee, better remembered by his Greek name of Jesus. — Th... more »e stories of these three men are narrated by Pan Viadomsky, an anti-Semitic polish scholar who claims to have discovered the lost Fifth Gospel, containing the life of Christ according to his betrayer, Judas Iscariot.« less