Zealots

E47699

Jewish political movement rebel group religious movement

The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Zealots canonical	7
Sicarii	6
Zealot movement	5
Judean rebels	3
Jewish Zealots	2
Jewish Sicarii	1
Zealot	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish political movement ⓘ rebel group ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
activeInCentury	1st century CE ⓘ
activeInPeriod	late Second Temple period ⓘ
advocated	refusal to acknowledge any king but God ⓘ refusal to pay taxes to Rome ⓘ
associatedGroup	Zealots self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sicarii
associatedWithPerson	Judas of Galilee ⓘ
category	Ancient political movements ⓘ Jewish resistance movements ⓘ Jewish–Roman wars participants ⓘ
describedInSource	Flavius Josephus ⓘ
endedAfterEvent	destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ fall of Masada ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Jews ⓘ
foundedAround	6 CE ⓘ
geographicLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ Judea ⓘ
goal	expulsion of Romans from Judea ⓘ restoration of Jewish political independence ⓘ
hasNotableLeader	Eleazar ben Simon ⓘ Eleazar ben Ya'ir ⓘ John of Gischala ⓘ
ideology	armed resistance against Roman rule ⓘ
influencedConcept	later uses of the term "zealot" for fanatical partisans ⓘ
involvedInEvent	defense of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ mass suicide at Masada (through associated Sicarii) ⓘ Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ surface form: siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
motivatedBy	Jewish nationalism ⓘ religious zeal ⓘ
opposedJewishGroup	Herodians ⓘ Sadducees ⓘ
opposedTo	Herodian dynasty ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman rule in Judea ⓘ
originatedFrom	Galilee ⓘ
partOfConflict	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: First Jewish–Roman War Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sometimesContrastedWith	Pharisees ⓘ
theologicalPosition	exclusive loyalty to God as king ⓘ
usedTactic	assassination ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ terror tactics ⓘ
viewedRomanRuleAs	idolatrous ⓘ illegitimate ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Temple in Jerusalem → associatedGroup → Zealots ⓘ

Second Temple Judaism → hasSect → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicarii

Simon bar Giora → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zealot movement

Eleazar ben Ya'ir → movement → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicarii

Eleazar ben Ya'ir → movement → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Zealots

Zealots → associatedGroup → Zealots self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicarii

Simon the Zealot → possibleAssociation → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zealot movement

Masada → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicarii

Herodian → conflictWith → Zealots ⓘ

Simon the Cananaean → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zealot movement

Simon Zelotes → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ

Protoss → militaryUnitType → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zealot

Siege of Masada → combatant → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Sicarii

Siege of Masada → combatant → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Zealots

Siege of Masada → defenders → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicarii

John of Gischala → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ

John of Gischala → sideInConflict → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean rebels

Judas of Galilee → movement → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zealot movement

Eleazar ben Simon → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zealot movement

The Score → hasPart → Zealots ⓘ

siege of Jotapata → hasParticipant → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean rebels

siege of Jotapata → opponent → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean rebels

Judean campaign of Vespasian → opposedBy → Zealots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicarii