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"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 Chris...

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Main Author:	Konstan, David
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Bibel. Forgiveness. Forgiveness > Religious aspects > Christianity. Forgiveness of sin. Christentum. Judentum. Verzeihung. Versöhnung. Griechenland > Altertum. Römisches Reich. Kirchenväter. Griechenland (Altertum) Pardon > Antiquité. Religion et morale > Antiquité.
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