The Time That Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans

Giorgio Agamben

Published by Stanford University Press 2005

The Time That Remains

A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans

Giorgio Agamben

In the series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503619869

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In The Time That Remains, Agamben seeks to separate the Pauline texts from the history of the Church that canonized them, thus revealing them to be "the fundamental messianic texts of the West." He argues that Paul's letters are concerned not with the foundation of a new religion but rather with the "messianic" abolition of Jewish law. Situating Paul's texts in the context of early Jewish messianism, this book is part of a growing set of recent critiques devoted to the period when Judaism and Christianity were not yet fully distinct, placing Paul in the context of what has been called "Judaeo-Christianity." Agamben's philosophical exploration of the problem of messianism leads to the other major figure discussed in this book, Walter Benjamin. Advancing a claim without precedent in the vast literature on Benjamin, Agamben argues that Benjamin's philosophy of history constitutes a repetition and appropriation of Paul's concept of "remaining time." Through a close reading and comparison of Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History" and the Pauline Epistles, Agamben discerns a number of striking and unrecognized parallels between the two works.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments and Translator’s Note Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
The First Day. Paulos doulos christou Ie¯sou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Second Day. Klētos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
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The Fourth Day. Apostolos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
The Fifth Day. Eis euaggelion theou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
The Sixth Day. (Eis euaggelion theou) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Threshold or Tornada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Appendix: Interlinear Translation of Pauline Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
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- Other: 6 figures

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Published: November 7, 2005
ISBN: 9781503619869