{"product_id":"the-political-theology-of-paul-9780804733441","title":"The Political Theology of Paul","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly original interpretation of Paul by the Jewish philosopher of religion Jacob Taubes was presented in a number of lectures held in Heidelberg toward the end of his life, and was regarded by him as his \"spiritual testament\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As always with Taubes, it is all very apocalyptic and reasonably brilliant or, at least, brilliantly distorted and filled with strokes of genius—the genius of a charlatan at his very, very best.\"—\u003ci\u003eHebraic Political Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:Translator's Note and Acknowledgments\tiii  @toc4:Preface\tiii  @toc2:Introduction\t1  @toc3:1. Autobiographical Approaches to the Epistle to the Romans\t000 2. Paul in Jewish Religious History: Messianic Logic\t000  @toc2:Part I: Readings: Paul and Moses, the Establishment of a New People of God  @toc3:1. Addresses of the Epistle to the Romans\t000 Excursus: The Fate of the Jewish Christian Congregations 000 2. Nomos: Law and Justification; a Reading of Romans 811\t000 3. Election and Rejection: A Reading of Romans 8:319:5 and Berakhot 32a\t000 4. Pneuma: The Surpassing of Salvation History and the Overcoming of This World; a Reading of Romans 913\t000  @toc2:Part II. Effects: Paul and Modernity, Transfigurations of the Messianic  @toc2:1. Strangers in This World: Marcion and the Consequences\t000 2. The Zealots of the Absolute and of Decision: Carl Schmitt and Karl Barth\t000 3. Nihilism as World Politics and Aestheticized Messianism: Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno\t000 4. Exodus from Biblical Religion: Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud\t000  @toc2:Appendix A: The Jacob TaubesCarl Schmitt Story\t000  @toc2:Apprendix B: Two Letters  @toc2:Afterword\t000  @tocca:Wolf-Daniel Hartwich, Aleida and Jan Assmann  @toc3:1. Readings: The Legitimation and Formation of a New Union-Covenant [Ver-Bund]\t000 2. Effects: Paul and Modernity\t000 3. Political Theology\t000  @toc3:Editorial Note\t000  @toc4:Notes\t000  @toc4:Index of Names\t000     Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Bible,  N, T,  Romans Criticism, interpretation, etc, Paul, the Apostle, Saint, Christianity and politics","brand":"MK - Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038191780183,"sku":"9780804733441","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804733441.jpg?v=1750939422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-political-theology-of-paul-9780804733441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}