Judas of Galilee

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Judas of Galilee was a Jewish revolutionary leader in the early 1st century CE who led a tax revolt against Roman rule and is often regarded as a founder or inspiration of the Zealot movement.

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instanceOf Jewish revolutionary leader
historical figure
rebel leader
activeInCentury 1st century CE
activeInDecade 10s CE
advocated exclusive sovereignty of God over Israel
associatedWith Fourth Philosophy (according to Josephus)
associatedWithRegion Roman province of Judea
surface form: Roman Judea
causeOfRevolt Roman tax census in Judea
considered founder of the Zealot movement
inspiration for the Zealot movement
contemporaryOf Herod Archelaus
Quirinius
culturalContext Second Temple Judaism
diedInCentury 1st century CE
era early Roman Empire
ethnicity Jewish
historicalContext Roman annexation of Judea as a province
ideology Jewish nationalism
influenced later Jewish resistance movements
knownFor inspiring the Zealot movement
leading a tax revolt against Roman rule
resistance to the Roman census
language Aramaic
led revolt against the census of Quirinius
legacy symbol of Jewish resistance to foreign rule
mentionedIn Acts 5:37
Antiquities of the Jews
surface form: Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
mentionedInSource Acts of the Apostles
Flavius Josephus
surface form: Josephus
movement Zealots
surface form: Zealot movement
notableEvent tax revolt in Judea around 6 CE
opposedConcept Roman overlordship of Judea
opposedTo Roman Empire
Roman taxation
placeOfOrigin Galilee
politicalPosition anti-Roman
anti-taxation by foreign rulers
rejected Roman census in Judea
payment of tribute to Caesar
religion Judaism
roleInJewishHistory early leader of anti-Roman resistance
timeOfActivity around 6 CE
viewedAs patriotic by some Jewish groups
seditious by Roman authorities

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Zealots associatedWithPerson Judas of Galilee