Saint Paul and philosophy : the consonance of ancient and modern thought / edited by Gert-Jan van der Heiden, George van Kooten, and Antonio Cimino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heiden, Gert-Jan van der, 1976- editor.

Kooten, George van, editor.

Cimino, Antonio, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The much-acclaimed present-day philosophical turn to the letters of Saint Paul points to a profound consonance between ancient and modern thought. Such is the bold claim of this study in which scholars from contemporary continental philosophy, new testamentary studies and ancient philosophy discuss with each other the meaning Paul's terms pistis, faith. In this volume, this theme discusses in detail the threefold relation between Paul and (1) continental thought, (2) the Graeco-Roman world, and (3) political theology. It is shown that pistis does not only concern a mode of knowing, but rather concerns the human ethos or mode of existence as a whole. Moreover, it is shown that the present-day political theological interest in Paul can be seen as an attempt to recuperate Paul’s pistis in this comprehensive sense. Finally, an important discussion concerning the specific ontological implications and background of this reinterpretation of pistis is examined by comparing the ancient ontological commitments to those of the present-day philosophers. Thus, the volume offers an insight in a crucial consonance of ancient and modern thought concerning the question of pistis in Paul while not forgetting to stipulate important differences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: On the Philosophical Affiliations of Paul and Πίστις

Reading, Seeing and the Logic of Abandonment: Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul

The Invention of Christianity: Preambles to a Philosophical Reading of Paul

Heidegger’s Hermeneutics of Paul

The Philosophers’ Paul: A Radically Subversive Thinker

Disillusioning Reason—Rethinking Faith: Paul, Performative Speech Acts and the Political History of the Occident in Agamben and Foucault

On What Remains: Paul’s Proclamation of Contingency

Paul’s Stoic Onto-Theology and Ethics of Good, Evil and “Indifferents”: A Response to Anti-Metaphysical and Nihilistic Readings of Paul in Modern Philosophy

Narratives of Πίστις in Paul and Deutero-Paul

Returning to “Religious” Πίστις: Platonism and Piety in Plutarch and Neoplatonism

The Metahistory of Δίκη and Πίστις: A Greco-Roman Reading of Paul’s “Justification by Faith” Axiom

Paul’s Use of Πίστις/Πιστεύειν as Epitome of Axial Age Religion

The Management of Distinctions: Jacob Taubes on Paul’s Political Theology

Paul as Political Theologian: How the “New Perspective” Is Reshaping Philosophical and Theological Discourse

Church, Commonwealth, and Toleration: John Locke as a Reader of Paul

Europe and Paul of Tarsus: Giorgio Agamben on the Overcoming of Europe’s Crisis

The Invisible Committee as a Pauline Gesture: Anarchic Politics from Tiqqun to Tarnac

Epilogue: Saint Paul and Philosophy—The Consonance of Ancient and Modern Thought

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Names and Subjects

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110548051

3110548054

9783110547467

3110547465

OCLC:

1002271156