Pauline Ugliness : Jacob Taubes and the Turn to Paul.
Løland, Ole Jakob.
Pauline Ugliness : Jacob Taubes and the Turn to Paul. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series . - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series .
Cover -- Pauline Ugliness -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical and the Philosophical: A Contemporary Scene -- 2 Jacob Taubes's Path to Paul: From the Eschatologist to the Paulinist -- 3 Paul and Philosophy: Taubes's Contradictory Paul -- 4 Paul as Predecessor to Psychoanalysis: Taubes's Introspective Paul -- 5 Paul against Empire: Taubes's Political Paul -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- General Index.
Jacob Taubes radically changed our conceptions of Paul the apostle. Loland shows how we can approach Paul's letters with the distinctive perspective of this Jewish rabbi steeped in continental philosophy. The book emphasizes Paul's Jewishness as well as the political explosiveness of the apostle's revolutionary doctrine of the cross, which the author terms Pauline Ugliness.
9780823286577
Taubes, Jacob-Influence.
Paul,-the Apostle, Saint.
Bible.-Epistles of Paul-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Philosophical theology.
Electronic books.
Pauline Ugliness : Jacob Taubes and the Turn to Paul. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series . - Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Series .
Cover -- Pauline Ugliness -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical and the Philosophical: A Contemporary Scene -- 2 Jacob Taubes's Path to Paul: From the Eschatologist to the Paulinist -- 3 Paul and Philosophy: Taubes's Contradictory Paul -- 4 Paul as Predecessor to Psychoanalysis: Taubes's Introspective Paul -- 5 Paul against Empire: Taubes's Political Paul -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- General Index.
Jacob Taubes radically changed our conceptions of Paul the apostle. Loland shows how we can approach Paul's letters with the distinctive perspective of this Jewish rabbi steeped in continental philosophy. The book emphasizes Paul's Jewishness as well as the political explosiveness of the apostle's revolutionary doctrine of the cross, which the author terms Pauline Ugliness.
9780823286577
Taubes, Jacob-Influence.
Paul,-the Apostle, Saint.
Bible.-Epistles of Paul-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Philosophical theology.
Electronic books.