PAUL OF TARSUS AND THE DIALECTIC OF LAW: SOME PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Abstract

Abstract: In contemporary philosophy, we follow a broad movement of return to Pauline sources. Especially in the sense of seeking support and inspiration for a project of critique of power and critique of the structuring nomos of the excluding, violent and unjust reality. Based on the reflections of Jacob Taubes, Giorgio Agamben and Franz Hinkelammert, the present study intends to follow the fundamental traits of this renewed hermeneutics, taking the role of law in the corpus paulinum as the guiding thread of the argument. By placing Paul of Tarsus on the horizon of Diaspora Judaism, in which messianism assumes its own characteristics and fundamental importance, the objective will be to show how this set of readings intends to highlight the political core of his letters.

Keywords: Paul of Tarsus. Law. Messianic Time. Criticism. Judaism.