Ancient forgiveness /

"In this book, twelve eminent scholars of classical antiquity and ancient and medieval Judaism and Christianity explore the nature and place of forgiveness in the pre-modern Western world. They discuss whether the concept of forgiveness, as it is often understood today, was absent, or at all ev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Griswold, Charles L., 1951-, Konstan, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Forgiveness.
Forgiveness > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Forgiveness > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Pardon.
Pardon > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Happiness.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness > Religious aspects > Christianity
Forgiveness > Religious aspects > Judaism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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