Sublime

TAKING INTEREST There is one bit of advice given to us by the ancient heathen Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest; and lending money at interest—what we call investment—i

Psalm 6, David seems to fear that his sin and eventual death will separate him from God.

The primary function of Chronicles is to show the trajectory of the covenant fulfillment,

Abe calls God “the LORD who provides.”

The central relationship that money crystallizes is between lender and borrower.

YHWH wants their allegiance in action and in thought; this is the primary theme of Deuteronomy.

God calls for three different censuses.

Finally, Lee was particularly struck by Manucci’s mastery of depreciation, or writing down, which connects the value of an asset to the period for which it will be useful.

Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of