The political theology of Paul

Translator's Note and Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Autobiographical Approaches to the Epistle to the Romans

2. Paul in Jewish Religious History: Messianic Logic

Part I. Readings. Paul and Moses: The Establishment of a New People of God

1. Addresses of the Epistle to the Romans

a. The Gospel as a Declaration of War against Rome: A Reading of Romans 1:1-7

b. Jerusalem and the Legitimacy of the World Mission: A Reading of Romans 15:30-33

Excursus: The Fate of the Jewish Christian Congregations

2. Nomos. Law and Justification: A Reading of Romans 8-11

3. Election and Rejection: A Reading of Romans 8:31-9:5 and Berakhot 32a

4. Pneuma. The Surpassing of Salvation History and the Overcoming of This World: A Reading of Romans 9-13

Part IIEffects. Paul and Modernity: Transfigurations of the Messianic

1. Strangers in This World: Marcion and the Consequences

2. The Zealots of the Absolute and of Decision: Carl Schmitt and Karl Barth

3. Nihilism as World Politics and Aestheticized Messianism: Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno

4. Exodus from Biblical Religion: Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud

Appendix A. The Jacob Taubes-Carl Schmitt Story

Appendix B. Two Letters

Afterword

Introduction

1. Readings: The Legitimation and Formation of a New Union-Covenant [Ver-Bund]

2. Effects: Paul and Modernity

3. Political Theology

Editorial Note

Notes

Index of Names