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Minor point: the prohibition actually goes back to the Old Testament (Leviticus 25:36), whereas the New Testament seems strangely OK with it (in the parable of
by lordgrenville 7y ago
Minor point: the prohibition actually goes back to the Old Testament (Leviticus 25:36), whereas the New Testament seems strangely OK with it (in the parable of the talents [1]). Also Leviticus explicitly permits you to charge interest to an outsider, which is why Christians outsourced it to Jews.
[1] http://www.yourfaithyourfinance.org/money-and-faith/usury-and-the-theology-of-money/usury-in-the-new-testament/ http://www.yourfaithyourfinance.org/money-and-faith/usury-an...
- WorldMaker 7y agoRight, I forgot it was Leviticus with the most clear passage on the subject. Though, I suppose I've heard more of the anti-usury interpretation of the Parable of Talents than the straight reading. I also know that the Parable of the Moneylender is brought up sometimes as anti-usury by the way it conflates usury with sin directly in its analogy. Also, the tale of kicking the moneylenders out of the temple is often mentioned alongside these examples.
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoYou might find that the tale is about money changers who changed various things into shekels so that the client could then pay the temple tax [1]. I don't think that line of business is connected with usury, unless you look at making a market in an item using a bid-ask spread as selling a cake and charging separately for its consumption [2]. [1] https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/passages/main-articles/jesus-and-the-moneychangers https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/passages/main-articles/jesus... [2] http://www.yourfaithyourfinance.org/money-and-faith/usury-and-the-theology-of-money/thinking-about-usury/ http://www.yourfaithyourfinance.org/money-and-faith/usury-an...