1.0Steven Waldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldmanswaldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/author/swaldmanThe Book of Leviticus: Forgive Him His Mortgage - Steven Waldmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fWWXOhgFPj"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/11/the-book-of-leviticus-forgive.html">The Book of Leviticus: Forgive Him His Mortgage</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/11/the-book-of-leviticus-forgive.html/embed#?secret=fWWXOhgFPj" width="600" height="338" title="“The Book of Leviticus: Forgive Him His Mortgage” — Steven Waldman" data-secret="fWWXOhgFPj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The Book of Leviticus argues that any financial bailout should include the ability for homeowners to renegotiate their mortgages. Well, not in exactly those words but David Abramowitz in In Character magazine explains that Old Testament economics was radically redistributionist and forgiving of debt: “The biblical Jubilee addressed the relationship between economic prosperity and human…