Editing Wandering Jew (section)

===21st century===
====Brazil====

Brazilian writer Glauco Ortolano in his 2000 novel {{lang|pt|Domingos Vera Cruz: Memorias de um Antropofago Lisboense no Brasil}} uses the theme of the Wandering Jew for its main character, Domingos Vera Cruz, who flees to Brazil in one of the first Portuguese expeditions to the New World after murdering his wife's lover in Portugal. In order to avoid eternal damnation, he must fully repent of his crime. The book of memoirs Domingos dictates in the 21st century to an anonymous transcriber narrates his own saga throughout 500 years of Brazilian history. At the end, Domingos indicates he is finally giving in as he senses the arrival of the Son of Man.

====Ireland====
Local history and legends have made reference to ''The Wandering Jew'' having haunted an abandoned watermill on the edge of [[Dunleer]] town.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Hubert |title=Town's religious history proves a fascinating read |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/towns-religious-history-proves-a-fascinating-read-29788257.html |work=Drogheda Independent |date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808211014/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/towns-religious-history-proves-a-fascinating-read-29788257.html |archive-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====

English writer Stephen Gallagher uses the Wandering Jew as a theme in his 2007 novel ''The Kingdom of Bones''. The Wandering Jew is a character, a theater manager and actor, who turned away from God and toward depravity in exchange for long life and prosperity. He must find another person to take on the persona of the wanderer before his life ends or risk eternal damnation. He eventually does find a substitute in his protégé, Louise. The novel revolves around another character's quest to find her and save her from her assumed damnation.

Sarah Perry's 2018 novel ''Melmoth'' is part-inspired by the Wandering Jew and makes several references to the legend in discussing the origin of its titular character.

J. G. Ballard's short story "The Lost Leonardo" features the Wandering Jew as a mysterious art thief.

====United States====

* In [[Glen Berger]]'s play ''[[Underneath the Lintel]]'', the main character suspects a 113-year overdue library book was checked out and returned by the Wandering Jew.
* The Wandering Jew appears in "An Arkham Halloween" in the October 30, 2017, issue of ''Bewildering Stories'', as a volunteer to help [[Miskatonic University]] prepare a new translation of the [[Necronomicon]], particularly qualified because he knew the author.
*The Wandering Jew appears in Angela Hunt’s inspirational novel ''The Immortal'' (2000) and is named Asher Genzano.
*Kenneth Johnson's novel ''The Man of Legend'' is a retelling of the story of the Wandering Jew, who is in fact a Roman soldier and head of Pilate's personal guard.

====Uzbekistan====

Uzbek writer Isajon Sulton published his novel ''The Wandering Jew'' in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://old.ut.uz/eng/kaleidoscope/triumph_of_the_uszbek_author.mgr |title=Uzbekistan Today |access-date=29 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903062822/http://old.ut.uz/eng/kaleidoscope/triumph_of_the_uszbek_author.mgr |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In this novel, the Jew does not characterize a symbol of curse; however, they appear as a human being, who is aware of God's presence, after being cursed by Him. Moreover, the novel captures the fortune of present-day wandering Jews, created by humans using high technology.