Deities Who "Turn Back" from Anger.

The article discusses the use of the idiom "to return" which refers to the forgiveness and compassion of a deity in quranic Arabic and ancient Semitic languages. Topics include Yahweh's returning concept in biblical literature, expression of foregiveness and compassion as return, and theme of the re...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 136; no. 2; pp. 235 - 246
Main Authors:	AICHA RAHMOUNI, LEVINE, BARUCH A.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Apr-Jun2016
Subjects:	Idioms Forgiveness in religion Compassion & religion Semitic languages Name of God Aramaic dialects Terms & phrases
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