Judas Receiving the Silver

 

Judas Receiving the Silver

Judas receiving payment for betraying Jesus. Lippo Memmi, 14th century. Medieval images of Judas with the thirty pieces of silver helped connect betrayal, greed and Jewishness in Christian visual culture. Over time, this association fed broader anti-Jewish stereotypes that portrayed Jews as money-hungry, usurious or morally corrupted by money.

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