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reception was the kingdom of Adiabene. The Jewish proselytes, the well known and esteemed king Izates and his mother Helene sat on the throne. Both are historically well documented. . The historian could now confidently answer the question of. Fritz Buri which was the historical basis of the belief in Jesus coming back, in his Parusy, and why it was not realised. . It would be as follows: Jesus had lost his political campaign in Palestine for the throne of Jerusalem. Being the grandson of Herod the Great and having inherited the right to the throne, he hoped to be able to institute the Kingdom of God on earth without any help of swords or daggers from the. Zealots. Therefore, he resolved to gather the lost sheep of Israel and at the same time to preach his own teaching abroad. He meant to maintain the law of Moses without the Mosaic claim of the Jewish monopoly of salvation. But the sorry political developments in Palestine, ending with the cruel first war of the. Jews against Rome frustrated his plan. This hindered him from “coming back” and join his followers in Palestine. This is why his Parusy could not take place. . III. The third point of my paper concerns the medieval legend of the "Travelling Jew" or the "Errant Jew," Ahasverus or. Buttadeo. The origin of this legend has not been explained till today. His origin can be first traced in the Chronicle of Matthew of Paris who died in 1259. Its text speaks of an Armenian Bishop telling in England the story of a man called Josephus Cartaphilus. . This man affirmed having served as a door-watch in the pretorium of Jerusalem during Jesus' trial and having slapped him on his departure towards Golgotha and urging him to hurry there. Jesus condemned him to linger till his coming back. That was why this man lived in this world until those days. He dwelt in both Armenias and dealt with simple people and clergy as well, as he had been baptised. Toward the end of each century the man gets sick but recovers and is rejuvenated, and continues his penalty. . This legend spread around all Europe and became in the 18th century a favourite theme for famous authors. The hero is mostly called Ahasverus. This is perhaps a reminder of the. Book of Esther and of its Mesopotamic historic base. . When I learnt from Ahmadiyya sources that the Prophet. Isa was given in Islamic tradition the epithet of the "Travelling 170