Zealots

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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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Generate an image of the Zealots (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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Zealots
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 ⓘ
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars

Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sometimesContrastedWith Pharisees ⓘ
theologicalPosition exclusive loyalty to God as king ⓘ
usedTactic assassination ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
terror tactics ⓘ
viewedRomanRuleAs idolatrous ⓘ
illegitimate ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

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

Second Temple Judaism → hasSect → Sicarii ⓘ
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Simon bar Giora → associatedWith → Zealot movement ⓘ
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Eleazar ben Ya'ir → movement → Sicarii ⓘ
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Eleazar ben Ya'ir → movement → Jewish Zealots ⓘ
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Zealots → associatedGroup → Sicarii ⓘ
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Simon the Zealot → possibleAssociation → Zealot movement ⓘ
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Masada → associatedWith → Sicarii ⓘ
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Herodian → conflictWith → Zealots ⓘ
Simon the Cananaean → associatedWith → Zealot movement ⓘ
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Simon Zelotes → associatedWith → Zealots ⓘ
Protoss → militaryUnitType → Zealot ⓘ
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Siege of Masada → combatant → Jewish Sicarii ⓘ
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Siege of Masada → combatant → Jewish Zealots ⓘ
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Siege of Masada → defenders → Sicarii ⓘ
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John of Gischala → sideInConflict → Judean rebels ⓘ
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Judas of Galilee → movement → Zealot movement ⓘ
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Eleazar ben Simon → associatedWith → Zealot movement ⓘ
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The Score → hasPart → Zealots ⓘ
siege of Jotapata → hasParticipant → Judean rebels ⓘ
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siege of Jotapata → opponent → Judean rebels ⓘ
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Judean campaign of Vespasian → opposedBy → Sicarii ⓘ
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Bar Kokhba forces → precededBy → Jewish forces in the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
linked to: Zealots