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.

• Introduction 11 The Historical and the Philosophical: A Contemporary Scene 132 Jacob Taubes's Path to Paul: From the Eschatologist to the Paulinist 223 Paul and Philosophy: Taubes's Contradictory Paul 524 Paul as Predecessor to Psychoanalysis: Taubes's Introspective Paul 1005 Paul against Empire: Taubes's Political Paul 140Conclusion 177Acknowledgments 185Notes 187Bibliography 219Index of Biblical References 229General Index 231

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.

• Introduction 11 The Historical and the Philosophical: A Contemporary Scene 132 Jacob Taubes's Path to Paul: From the Eschatologist to the Paulinist 223 Paul and Philosophy: Taubes's Contradictory Paul 524 Paul as Predecessor to Psychoanalysis: Taubes's Introspective Paul 1005 Paul against Empire: Taubes's Political Paul 140Conclusion 177Acknowledgments 185Notes 187Bibliography 219Index of Biblical References 229General Index 231

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.

• Introduction 11 The Historical and the Philosophical: A Contemporary Scene 132 Jacob Taubes's Path to Paul: From the Eschatologist to the Paulinist 223 Paul and Philosophy: Taubes's Contradictory Paul 524 Paul as Predecessor to Psychoanalysis: Taubes's Introspective Paul 1005 Paul against Empire: Taubes's Political Paul 140Conclusion 177Acknowledgments 185Notes 187Bibliography 219Index of Biblical References 229General Index 231