"Paradise"
Parables and Paradoxes (1946)
Quotes from book
Parables and Paradoxes
Franz Kafka
Original title
Parabeln und Paradoxe
(German, 1961)
Parables and Paradoxes is a bilingual edition of selected writings by Franz Kafka edited by Nahum N. Glatzer . In this volume of collected pieces, Kafka re-examines and rewrites some basic mythical tales of Ancient Israel, Hellas, the Far East, and the West, as well as creations of his own imagination.
“The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary”
Variant translation: The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary; he will come only on the day after his arrival; he will come, not on the last day, but at the very last.
Parables and Paradoxes (1946)
Context: The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary; he will come only on the day after his arrival; he will come, not on the last day, but on the very last day.
