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Ancient forgiveness

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Cambridge University Press

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2012

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English

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I. The territory philosophically considered

What is forgiveness? / Adam Morton

II. Forgiveness among the Greeks

Assuaging rage : remorse, repentance, and forgiveness in the classical world / David Konstan

Achilles, Psammenitus, and Antigone : forgiveness in Homer and beyond / Page duBois

All in the family : forgiveness and reconciliation in new comedy / Kathryn Gutzwiller

III. Forgiveness among the Romans

The anger of tyrants and the forgiveness of kings / Susanna Morton Braund

Gender and forgiveness in the early Roman empire / Kristina Milnor

"To forgive is divine" : gods as models of forgiveness in late republican and early imperial Rome / Zsuzsanna Várhelyi

IV. Judaic and Christian forgiveness

Mercy, repentance, and forgiveness in ancient Judaism / Michael L. Morgan

A man had two sons : the question of forgiveness in Luke 15 / Peter S. Hawkins

Jesus' conditional forgiveness / Jennifer Wright Knust

Forgiveness in patristic philosophy : the importance of repentance and the centrality of grace / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli

Forgiveness and perfection : Maimonides, Aquinas, and medieval departures from Aristotle / Jonathan Jacobs.

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Subjects

Ancient & Classical
Aspect religieux
Christianity
Electronic books
Forgiveness
Forgiveness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Forgiveness -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Happiness
History & Surveys
Judaism
Judaïsme
Pardon
Pardon -- Aspect religieux -- Judaïsme
Personal Growth
PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Religious aspects
SELF-HELP
SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness
SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness

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Contributors

Griswold, Charles L.,1951-
Konstan, David
ProQuest (Firm)

ISBN

9780521119481
9781139182713
9781139187343
9780511978654
9781107222748
9781139179126
113918993
9781139188623
9781139185028
9781280773426
9781139189934
9786613684196

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