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I just started read Lamb. Yesterday, as I read the first few chapters over lunch, a thought occurred to me regarding the 30 pieces of silver that Judas was paid. What was that worth?
A bit of net research turns up that in the 1st century A.D., a job paid between 10-20 Denari (silver coins) a month.
Assuming a "piece of silver" is the silver coin the Denari, 30 Denari was about two month's wages, around $4000-5000 in modern american purchasing power. Or, considering Palestine was a backwater province, maybe up to twice that.
Curiousity satisfied.
A bit of net research turns up that in the 1st century A.D., a job paid between 10-20 Denari (silver coins) a month.
Assuming a "piece of silver" is the silver coin the Denari, 30 Denari was about two month's wages, around $4000-5000 in modern american purchasing power. Or, considering Palestine was a backwater province, maybe up to twice that.
Curiousity satisfied.
