Reluctant Theologians: Franz Kafka, Paul Celan, Edmond Jabes

Beth Hawkins focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabès to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of God hypothesis. the divine-human relation. In Reluctant Theologians, she shows that Kafka, Celan, and Jabès offer as a testament, as three unique instances of Kiddush Ha-Shem (sanctification of the divine name), to a divine source that persists at the same time as it is being continuously reconstituted in the moment of writing. What connects Kafka, Celan, and Jabès to a postmodern philosophy is their shared belief that a specifically Jewish ethic can serve as a model for a universal ethic.

Author: Beth Hawkins
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 01/01/2002
Pages: 265
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.92w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780823222018

About the Author

Beth Hawkins is the Assistant Professor of English at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.