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Philo and divine forgiveness. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, and Xxxxxx 22

Philo and divine forgiveness. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, and Xxxxxx The second half of the twentieth century brought a new phase in Philonic study. After the ground-laying works of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx, specific topics in Xxxxx’x works invited further investigation. Three authors explored the topic of divine forgiveness in Xxxxx’x works: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx. How do they illuminate Xxxxx’x view on the ultimate cause of human evil, and on the extent of human freedom of choice? Their contributions will be discussed in light of these two questions and will be presented in chronological order. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (1927–2015) provided a pervasive study of the concept of forgiveness in the New Testament in his Studien zur Sündenvergebung im Neuen Testament und seinen alttestamentlichen und jüdischen Voraussetzungen (1970). He also discussed the concept of forgiveness in the works of Xxxxx as part of his discussion on sin, grace and forgiveness in Hellenistic Judaism.86 Thyen claimed that Xxxxx’x concept of forgiveness developed from both his Hellenistic context and his Jewish heritage. Xxxxx argued that some mystery cults, 85 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx vol. 1, pp. 446–447. See also note 52, for a summary of how Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx explored this ambivalence in Xxxxx’x works.