by J. Michael Thigpen, provost and professor of Old Testament, Phoenix Seminary | Oct 5, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Note: The new book Human Flourishing: Economic Wisdom for a Fruitful Christian Vision of the Good Life publishes papers delivered at colloquia that were held by the Oikonomia Network in 2019. This innovative, cross-disciplinary scholarly collaboration is now available...
by Denise Daniels and Sharon Vandewarker | Oct 7, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
Note: Excerpt from Working in the Presence of God, copyright 2019 by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Ma. Used by permission. All rights reserved. As we read Scripture, we see repeatedly that God uses space and place to speak, to transform people, and to further his...
by Klaus Issler, professor of educational studies and theology, Biola University | Feb 20, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
When friends learned I was studying lending in the Old Testament, some asked: What about “payday loans”? Let’s see how the Old Testament’s teaching about loan ethics applies to this controversial practice. As we have seen, one component of Old Testament...
by Klaus Issler, Professor of Educational Studies and Theology, Biola University | Jan 16, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
What implications can be drawn from the Old Testament Torah teaching on lending and interest passages (Exod. 22:25, Lev. 25:35-36, and Deut 23:19-20)? The previous article in this series showed how access to loans without interest is an important component of...
by Klaus Issler, professor of educational studies and theology, Biola University | Dec 5, 2018 | Newsletter Articles
The question of what the Old Testament has to say about lending money at interest has engaged the attention of Bible scholars for centuries. In a recent series of articles in this newsletter, I presented a case that the three passages in the Torah on lending money at...
