Creature Politics Notes 10

Gershom Scholem on Messianism & Anarchy

The historian of Judaism Gershom Scholem, wrote an essay, in the mid-20th Century, called Toward an Understanding of the Messianic Idea. This essay has had a profound impact on my reading of Romans, particularly with regard to questions of law and anarchy. 

Scholem identifies conflicting energies at work within rabbinic Judaism. 

Conservative energies are…