Aubrey L. Glazer Knihy

Exploring the interplay between language and the divine, this study delves into Edmond Jabès's reflections on the aftermath of the Shoah and the role of the poet in confronting the death of God. It examines his tetralogy from 1982 to 1987, highlighting the symbolic power of language as a bridge between the finite and the Infinite. Jabès's work articulates the experience of exile through a tapestry of signs, ultimately proposing a theology that transcends post-modernism by reintroducing time and negation into the concept of the divine.

All of time is always here, now, in existence as we can live it. While there is still time, spiritual transformation is the crucial ingredient for human survival and flourishing, as long as we survive. There can only be a will to Be, and an inspiring human future while human beings are inspired. Krassen points to the clear pivot point: time. We can no longer aspire to a future we project from the standpoint of the dualistic world-that-is-going, but rather embrace a hope that is embedded in a fuller, grander, and more profound understanding of what time and being actually already are. By contemplating the mystical rhythms of the Hebrew calendar, Krassen challenges us to go beyond optimism and pessimism. Both are dead ends, built on a concept of time that is outmoded. The Vanishing Path before us can still be contemplated if only we reflect on the nature of reality through an enlightened lens that makes time count so we can still Be.