Preface PART ONE PAUL IN THE SERVICE OF DEATH Paul in the Service of Death South Carolina The Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1637 The "New World Order": Guatemala, 1982 The Pauline Legacy as an Ideological Weapon of Death The Dynamics of Paul's Enslavement Toward the Liberation of Paul Paul in the Service of Liberation The Canonical Betrayal of the Apostle Facing the Facts of Pseudepigraphy Reexamining Paul's "Social Conservation" Paul and Slavery (I) 1 Corinthians 7:21 Paul and Slavery (II): Philemon The Pauline Gospel and the Redemption of Slaves Paul and women: The Curious Persistence of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 The Mystificatino of the Apostle Paul The Gentrification of the Apostle The Question of Paul's Social Location The Problem of Explaining Paul's "Conservatism," AgainPaul's Dejudaization The Classical Reading of Paul-against-Judaism The Inadequacy of the "New Perspective on Paul" A Third Way? The Theological Marginalizatino of Paul's Politics The Babylonian Captivity of the Letter to the Romans Paul's Deployment in the Struggle against Liberation Theology Toward a New Approach A "Quest for the Historical Paul" Reading Paul in a Confessional Situation Paul's Preferential Option for the Poor and Oppressed A Personal Angle of Vision PART TWO: FROM DEATH TO LIFE Paul and the Violence of the Cross The Political Significance of Crucifixion The Politics of Jesus' Death Mimetic Conflict, Violence, and Christian Origins Paul and the Mythologizing of the Cross Did Paul Obscure the Political Character of Jesus' Death? Paul and "the Powers" Did Paul Mystify Jesus' Death within the Logic of Sacrifice? Did Paul Think the Torah Killed Jesus? The Cross and the Justice of God The Apocalypse of the Crudivied Messiah Apocalyptic Mysticism and Paul's "Conversion" Saul the Pharisee's Motives in Persecuting the Church Apocalypticism and Resistance in Roman-Occupied Judea The Fourth Philosophy An Apocalyptic Rationale for Resistance: 4 Maccabees The Book of Biblical Antiquitties and the Psalms of Solomon Apocalypticism and "Political Realism" among the Pharisees Sacred Violence and Paul's Conversion The Apocalyptic Contours of Paul's Apostolate Apostolic Praxis: Living out the dying of Jesus The Ideological Context: The Theology of Empire Communities of Discernment Discerning the Lie: "Peace and Security" Discerning the Lie: "Justice and Faith" Communities of Resistance Communities of Solidarity with the Crucified Challenging the Ideology of Privilege: 1 Corinthians Discerning and Resisting the Ideology of Privilege A Holy Solidarity with Those Not Yet Free Confronting the Ideology of Power (Romans) The Theological Offense of Romans 13:1-7 The Historical Problem of Romans 13:1-7 An Exhortation against Rivalry Liberating Paul Notes General Index Index of Names Index of Citations of Ancient Literature.