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Pauline ugliness : Jacob Taubes and the turn to Paul / Ole Jakob Løland.
Van Pelt Library BS2650.52 .L65 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Løland, Ole Jakob, author.
- Series:
- Perspectives in continental philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taubes, Jacob.
- Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
- Paul.
- Taubes, Jacob--Influence.
- Bible. Epistles of Paul.
- Philosophical theology.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 234 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "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.Thes 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Historical and the Philosophical: A Contemporary Scene
- Jacob Taubes' Path to Paul: From the Eschatologist to the Paulinist
- Paul and Philosophy: Taubes' Contradictory Paul
- Paul as Predecessor to Psychoanalysis: Taubes' Introspective Paul
- Paul against Empire: Taubes' Political Paul.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823286553
- 082328655X
- 9780823286546
- 0823286541
- OCLC:
- 1089012594
- Publisher Number:
- 40029776789
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