The death of Edmond Jab s in January 1991 silenced one of the most compelling voices of the postmodern, post-Holocaust era. Jab s's importance as a thinker, philosopher, and Jewish theologian cannot be overestimated, and his enigmatic style--combining aphorism, fictional dialogue, prose meditation, poetry, and other forms--holds special appeal for postmodern sensibilities. In The Book of Margins, his most critical as well as most accessible...