![]() | Pauline Ugliness: Jacob Taubes and the Turn to Paul Subjects: Bible. Epistles of Paul -- Criticism interpretation etc.; Paul the Apostle Saint; Taubes Jacob -- Influence; Philosophical theology; In recent decades Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj Žižek have shown the centrality of Paul to western political and philosophical thought and made the Apostle a central figure in left-wing discourses far removed from traditional theological circles. Yet the recovery of Paul beyond Christian theology owes a great deal to the writings of the Jewish rabbi and philosopher Jacob Taubes (1923-1987). Ole Jakob Løland is a postdoctoral researcher in theology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of The Reception of Paul the Apostle in the Works of Slavoj Žižek . |
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