Before forgiveness: the origins of a moral idea

"In this book, David Konstan argues that the modern concept of interpersonal forgiveness, in the full sense of the term, did not exist in ancient Greece and Rome. Even more startlingly, it is not fully present in the Hebrew Bible, nor again in the New Testament, or in the early Jewish and Chri...

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Main Author: Konstan, David 1940-2024 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Forgiveness / Classical antiquity
B Bible / Forgiveness of sins
B Church fathers / Confession of sin
Further subjects:B Forgiveness
B Forgiveness Religious aspects Christianity
B Forgiveness of sin
B Forgiveness Religious aspects Christianity
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