Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University, where she teaches courses in the early and medieval history of Christianity and Islam, and Eastern Orthodox theology.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Basil and Gregory's Sermons on Usury: A Simple Historiography2 Usury in Greek and Roman Society3 Usury in Jewish and Christian Scripture4 Greek Theologians and Usury5 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa: Credit Where Credit is Due6 ConclusionBibliography

Ihssen's patient study describes Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa's teachings on usury against the backdrop of the ancient world, of biblical teaching, and of other Christian voices in late antiquity. The result is a book that is both timely in its warnings against economic injustice, and illuminating in its elucidation of early Christian teachings on usury. Most importantly, Ihssen shows that Nyssa's approach to usury has its own unique emphases.