A revolutionary and phenomenological reading/interpretation of Paul's letters in view of the whole 2000 years of the Western thinking. Is it that only one man by the name of Paul who gave rise to the western thought and imagination? The hope and optimism of Resurrection, salvation held firmly in one's subjectivity, the Kingdom of God being realized from within, the ultimate reality in a-historic Christ-event (which has happened already but also is not yet)--in short, the ultimate triumph of idealism in the face of harsh reality--all this stems from one man named Paul. The entire western idealism, including the thought of Messiahnism of Walter Benjamin, is traced back to Paul, as if in writing the few letters Paul has determined the course of the entire western civilization.