The Book of Questions：Volume II
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- 出版社 Wesleyan
- 出版时间 1991年9月
- ISBN 9780819562487
内容简介
TheBookofQuestions,ofwhichvolumesIV,V,VIaretogetherpublishedhere,isameditativenarrativeofJewishExperience,and,moregenerally,man'srelationtotheworld.InthesevolumesthewordispersonifiedinthewomanYael,silenceinherstill-bornchildElya.Eventhoughwordsimplyambiguityandlies,theyarethehomeoftheexile.AbookbecomestheBook,fragmentsofthelawthatareinsomewayunified,wherepastandpresent,thevisionary,andthecommonplace,encountereachother.ForJabeseverywordisaquestioninthebookofbeing.Mandefineshimselfintheworldagainstallthatthreatenshisexistence-death,theinfinite,silence,thatis,God,hisprimalopponent.Howcanonespeakwhatcannotbespoken?
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