Machine generated contents note: 1. What is forgiveness?; 2. Before forgiveness: Greeks and Romans on guilt and innocence; 3. Did they forgive? Greek and Roman narratives of reconciliation; 4. Divine absolution: the Hebrew and Christian bibles; 5. Humility and repentance: the church fathers; 6. Enter forgiveness: the self transformed.
Before forgiveness : the origins of a moral idea by David Konstan. ISBN 9780521199407. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.