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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In the thirteenth Psalm: “He that hath not

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given

his

money

upon

usury

,

and

has

not

received

gifts

concerning

the

innocent

.

He

who

doeth

these

things

shall

not

be

moved

for

ever

.

”

Also

in

Ezekiel

:

“

But

the

man

who

will

be

righteous

,

shall

not

oppress

a

man

,

and

shall

return

the

pledge

of

the

debtor

,

and

shall

not

commit

rapine

,

and

shall

give

his

bread

to

the

hungry

,

and

shall

cover

the

naked

,

and

shall

not

give

his

money

for

usury

.

”

Also

in

Deuteronomy

:

“

Thou

shalt

not

lend

to

thy

brother

with

usury

of

money

,

and

with

usury

of

victuals

.

”

Notes

1
The Oxford edition has “the fourteenth.” [Elucidation XIII.]
2
Ps. xv. 6.
3
Ezek. xviii. 7, 8.
4
Deut. xxiii. 19.