Zealots
Zealots קנאים | |
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Founded | 6 CE |
Dissolved | 73 CE |
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Religion | Second Temple Judaism |
The Zealots were a
Etymology
The term zealot, the common translation of the Hebrew kanai (קנאי, frequently used in plural form, קנאים, kana'im), means one who is zealous on behalf of God. The term derives from Greek ζηλωτής (zelotes), "emulator, zealous admirer or follower".[1][2]
History
According to the
Judah of Gaulanitis is regarded as the founder of the Zealots, who are identified as the proponents of the Fourth Philosophy. In the original sources, however, no such identification is anywhere clearly made, and the question is hardly raised of the relationship between the Sicarii, the upholders of the Fourth Philosophy, and the Zealots. Josephus himself in his general survey of the various groups of freedom fighters (War 7:268–70) enumerates the Sicarii first, whereas he mentions the Zealots last.
Others have also argued that the group was not so clearly marked out (before the first war of 66–70/3) as some have thought.[5]
)Two of Judas of Galilee's sons, Jacob and Simon, were involved in a revolt and were executed by
The Zealots took a leading role in the
In the Talmud
In the
Sicarii
The Sicarii were a splinter group of the Jewish Zealots who, in the decades preceding
According to historian Hayim Hillel Ben-Sasson, the Sicarii, originally based in Galilee, "were fighting for a social revolution, while the Jerusalem Zealots placed less stress on the social aspect" and the Sicarii "never attached themselves to one particular family and never proclaimed any of their leaders king". Both groups objected to the way the priestly families were running the Temple.[8]
Paul the Apostle
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While most
See also
- Eifert
- Knanaya
- Sicarii (1989), a modern group inspired by the Sicarii
- Sikrikim, a modern group inspired by the Sicarii
- Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, a book about the life of Jesus by Reza Aslan
Notes
- ^ Zealot, Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^ Zelotes, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus
- ^ "Josephus, Antiquities Book XVIII". earlyjewishwritings.com.
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., vol. 21, p. 472
- Richard Horsley's "Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs" and Tom Wright's "The New Testament and the People of God"
- ^ Luke 6:15
- ^ Acts 1:13
- ^ ISBN 0-674-39731-2, p. 275
- ISBN 978-9004021389.
- ^ Solomon Schechter, Wilhelm Bacher. "Johanan B. Zakkai". Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ Bavli Gittin 56b
- ISBN 978-0375726132.
- ^ Paul Christian Who were the Sicarii?, Meridian Magazine, June 7, 2004
- ^ Fairchild, M. R., "Paul's Pre-Christian Zealot Associations: A Re-examination of Gal. 1:14 and Acts 22:3". New Testament Studies 45(4), pp. 514–532
External links
- Smith, Sydney F. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. .
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905. .