The portrait of the philosopher as a young manBeginnings without ends: the Russian background -- Penultimate words -- Sola fide -- Before the emigration: all things are (still) possible -- In Job's balances: Shestov in Paris -- Shestov in Paris II: "out of the bull of Phalaris" -- Encounters with Judaism -- The last writings: between Athens and Jerusalem -- Benjamin Fondane, the disciple -- Instead of a conclusion: scattered thoughts about Lev Shestov.