Forgiveness which may do harm to the victim and the abuser - dr. Amy-Jill Levine

It sometimes happens that the offending brother or sister shows no remorse, takes no responsibility for the harm done, and makes no effort to repair the damage. Then #forgiveness may not be healing but dangerous both for the individual who has been abused and for the community. This is how Jesus’ indications on forgiveness and care for theconversion of a brother or sister is commented on by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, professor of the #NewTestament and Jewish Sciences, the first Jewish woman to lecture on the New Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, in her #commentary for the Catholic University of Lublin #HeschelCenter for the #Sunday, September 10.

The full commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew (Mt 18:15-20) for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: https://heschel.kul.pl/forgiveness-which-may-do-harm-to-the-victim-and-the-abuser,art_103931.html

About the author:
Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. She is also Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. In the spring of 2019, she became the first Jew to teach a course on the New Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome; in 2021, she was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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