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

by Giorgio Agamben

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804743835
• ISBN13: 9780804743839
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"