Pauline UglinessIn recent decades Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj iek have shown the centrality of Paul to western political and philosophical thought and made the Apostle a central figure in left wing discourses far removed from traditional theological circles. Yet the recovery of Paul beyond Christian theology owes a great deal to the writings of the Jewish rabbi and philosopher Jacob Taubes (19231987). Pauline Ugliness shows how Paul became an effective