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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Label Occurrences
Judas of Galilee canonical 1
Judas the Galilean 1

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Predicate Object
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 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 ⓘ
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities ⓘ
mentionedInSource Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Josephus ⓘ
linked to: Flavius Josephus
movement Zealot movement ⓘ
linked to: Zealots
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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Referenced by (2)

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

Zealots → associatedWithPerson → Judas of Galilee ⓘ
Judas of James → distinguishedFrom → Judas the Galilean ⓘ
linked to: Judas of Galilee