THE OFFENSIVE TRUTH (6 OF 19)
Scripture: Matthew 26:57-68
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The Offensive Truth (6 of 19)
Series: Cross Examination
Wyman Richardson
Matthew 26:57-68
Read Matthew 26:57-68
In 1914 and 1915, Franz Kafka, the enigmatic writer from Austria-Hungary, wrote his novel, The Trial. He did not intend for it to be published and he left instructions that all of his works were to be destroyed. Fortunately his friends did not follow these instructions. Kafka died in 1924 and The Trial was published by his friend Max Brod the next year.
The Trial has come to mind a few times over the last few weeks. In the story, a young bank employee man named Josef K. wakes up to find two shadowy agents in his room who inform him that he is being charged with a crime and will stand trial. He demands to know what for but they will not say. He is led to a higher official who informs him that he is, in fact, to stand trial. Like the first two agents, this official will not tell Josef what he is being charged with, what agency they are with, what court they represent, or any details about the trial. In fact, they tell him to return to work at the bank and carry on with his life like normal though he is to keep in mind that he has been charged and will stand trial for the undisclosed crime.
The rest of the story unfolds like some weird episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' or like some kind of nightmare. Josef is slowly driven to despair and finally resignation through his efforts to find out what he has been charged with, when his trial is to be, who exactly this court is, and how he is to receive a fair and just trial and why he cannot know these things. Every turn he makes in trying to discover more about this leads him into increasingly absurd and frustrating discoveries that really are not discoveries at all. The story ends with two court officials showing up at Josef's home, taking him outside of the city, and killing him.
It is a fascinating and intriguing tale. People discuss what Kafka was trying to say through this story. The exact m ...
Series: Cross Examination
Wyman Richardson
Matthew 26:57-68
Read Matthew 26:57-68
In 1914 and 1915, Franz Kafka, the enigmatic writer from Austria-Hungary, wrote his novel, The Trial. He did not intend for it to be published and he left instructions that all of his works were to be destroyed. Fortunately his friends did not follow these instructions. Kafka died in 1924 and The Trial was published by his friend Max Brod the next year.
The Trial has come to mind a few times over the last few weeks. In the story, a young bank employee man named Josef K. wakes up to find two shadowy agents in his room who inform him that he is being charged with a crime and will stand trial. He demands to know what for but they will not say. He is led to a higher official who informs him that he is, in fact, to stand trial. Like the first two agents, this official will not tell Josef what he is being charged with, what agency they are with, what court they represent, or any details about the trial. In fact, they tell him to return to work at the bank and carry on with his life like normal though he is to keep in mind that he has been charged and will stand trial for the undisclosed crime.
The rest of the story unfolds like some weird episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' or like some kind of nightmare. Josef is slowly driven to despair and finally resignation through his efforts to find out what he has been charged with, when his trial is to be, who exactly this court is, and how he is to receive a fair and just trial and why he cannot know these things. Every turn he makes in trying to discover more about this leads him into increasingly absurd and frustrating discoveries that really are not discoveries at all. The story ends with two court officials showing up at Josef's home, taking him outside of the city, and killing him.
It is a fascinating and intriguing tale. People discuss what Kafka was trying to say through this story. The exact m ...
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