# Adonijah — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> Adonijah in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jew, the Jew Adonijah

**First appearance:** 0025-xxiv

## Who they are

A mysterious Jewish figure who possesses ancient knowledge.

## In the story

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xiii)

Aged Jewish scholar who has lived in the vault for sixty years; he offers Monçada food and refuge, mocking his fears and contrasting the Inquisition's cruelty with his own harmless relics.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xiv)

The aged Jew who has spent his life seeking the tempter; he compels Monçada to write the stories of the skeletons in his vault.

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