Zealots

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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.

Aliases (3)

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	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) → 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	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 (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second Temple in Jerusalem → Zealots ("Sicarii") →	associatedGroup
Masada ("Sicarii") → Simon bar Giora ("Zealot movement") →	associatedWith
Second Temple Judaism → Second Temple Judaism ("Sicarii") →	hasSect
Eleazar ben Ya'ir ("Sicarii") → Eleazar ben Ya'ir ("Jewish Zealots") →	movement
Herodian →	conflictWith
Simon the Zealot ("Zealot movement") →	possibleAssociation