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<blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 1463952" data-attributes="member: 16739">Once everyone has had a chance to peruse the note, Dexter observes, &quot;Mammon is a sort of personification of the love of wealth. In the New Testament, Jesus said you can't serve both God and Mammon. He probably meant it literally as money, but people since have personified the concept. De Plancy's '<a href="http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/click?sourceid=323385&amp;is_search=Y&amp;author_last=de+Plancy&amp;author_first=Collin" target="_blank"><img src="http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/serve?sourceid=323385&amp;is_search=Y&amp;author_last=de+Plancy&amp;author_first=Collin" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Dictionnaire Infernal</a>' said that Mammon was Hell's ambassador to England,&quot; He notes with a wry smile.&nbsp;He sits at his desk and puts his feet up on it, clearly warming to the subject. &quot;It's interesting, the word actually derives from the Latin mammon, whic comes from the Greek mamOnAs. That, in turn, from the Aramaic mAmonA, meaning riches, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew mAmôn. So the idea's been around a while,&quot; he says. &quot;Anyway, I could see how some ill-informed lunatic would think sacrificing to Mammon would bring him wealth and power.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimAde, post: 1463952, member: 16739"] Once everyone has had a chance to peruse the note, Dexter observes, [color=royalblue]"Mammon is a sort of personification of the love of wealth. In the New Testament, Jesus said you can't serve both God and Mammon. He probably meant it literally as money, but people since have personified the concept. De Plancy's '[/color][url="http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/click?sourceid=323385&is_search=Y&author_last=de+Plancy&author_first=Collin"][color=royalblue][img]http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/serve?sourceid=323385&is_search=Y&author_last=de+Plancy&author_first=Collin[/img][i]Dictionnaire Infernal[/i][/color][/url][color=royalblue]' said that Mammon was Hell's ambassador to England,"[/color] He notes with a wry smile. He sits at his desk and puts his feet up on it, clearly warming to the subject. [color=royalblue]"It's interesting, the word actually derives from the Latin [i]mammon[/i], whic comes from the Greek [i]mamOnAs.[/i] That, in turn, from the Aramaic [i]mAmonA[/i], meaning riches, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew [i]mAmôn[/i]. So the idea's been around a while,"[/color] he says. [color=royalblue]"Anyway, I could see how some ill-informed lunatic would think sacrificing to Mammon would bring him wealth and power."[/color] [/QUOTE]

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