Judas/30 pieces of silver | #TranslateHate
Judas/30 pieces of silver
person, theme \ joōDUS/ 'THərdē pēses ‘äv 'silvər \
: in the Christian Bible, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver
WHEN IT’S ANTISEMITIC:
Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’s 12 disciples, received 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus to the religious authorities. Although Jesus and all 12 disciples were Jews, the Western world — through art, literature, music, and tradition — chose to depict Judas as the Jew who sold out his Savior for money. Thus, the name Judas became synonymous with traitor, contributing to the persecution of Jewish communities for two millennia. This false and libelous narrative would feed into Hitler’s propaganda and the Holocaust.
