The Ancient Witnesses

Prologue: A Heavenly Library

“I’ve always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library,” said Cesar, quoting his favorite author. 1 “Heaven’s library has every book ever written!” declared Preacher. “How will you read them,” asked Joseph, “you don’t know all those languages.” “They’ll all be in Spanish,” said Cesar, “the heavenly language.” “No way,” I objected, “Revelation says every tribe and tongue and nation will be represented in heaven, and so will their books.” “In that case, Ari, you’re gonna need a lot of translators” said Preacher. “No,” I replied, “in heaven I will know all the languages.”

1 Jorge Luis Borges

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