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Zealots, the Glossary

The Zealots were a political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism which sought to incite the people of Judea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Holy Land by force of arms, most notably during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70).^[1]

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1st-century Judaism
6 establishments
73 disestablishments
Ancient political movements
Census of Quirinius
Early Christianity and Judaism
First Jewish–Roman War
Jewish nationalism
Jewish rebellions

Acts 22

Acts 22 is the twenty-second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles (Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.

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Andy Gaus

Andy Gaus (born 1946) is an American translator and author, known for his 1991 work The Unvarnished New Testament.

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Antiquities of the Jews

Antiquities of the Jews (Antiquitates Iudaicae; Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία, Ioudaikē archaiologia) is a 20-volume historiographical work, written in Greek, by historian Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of Roman emperor Domitian, which was 94 CE.

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Apostasy

Apostasy (defection, revolt) is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person.

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Bavli

Bavli (בבלי), or Shikun Bavli, is a neighborhood in central Tel Aviv, Israel, named after the Babylonian Talmud, and bounded by Hayarkon Park on the north, Ayalon highway to the east, Namir road to the west, and Park Tzameret to the south.

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Bible translations into English

Partial Bible translations into languages of the English people can be traced back to the late 7th century, including translations into Old and Middle English.

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Census of Quirinius

The Census of Quirinius was a census of the Roman province of Judaea taken in 6 CE, upon its formation, by the governor of Roman Syria, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius. Zealots and census of Quirinius are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Conversion of Paul the Apostle

The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and the "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus.

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Council of Jamnia

The Council of Jamnia (presumably Yavneh in the Holy Land) was a council purportedly held late in the 1st century AD to finalize the development of the canon of the Hebrew Bible in response to Christianity. Zealots and council of Jamnia are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Dagger

A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon.

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Eifert

The surname of Eifert, Eiffert, Eyfert, is German in origin.

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Eleazar ben Simon

Eleazar ben Simon was a Zealot leader during the First Jewish-Roman War who fought against the armies of Cestius Gallus, Vespasian, and Titus Flavius. Zealots and Eleazar ben Simon are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Essenes

The Essenes (Hebrew:, Isiyim; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) or Essenians were a mystic Jewish sect during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. Zealots and Essenes are 1st-century Judaism.

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First Jewish–Roman War

The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt (ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire fought in the province of Judaea, resulting in the destruction of Jewish towns, the displacement of its people and the appropriation of land for Roman military use, as well as the destruction of the Jewish Temple and polity. Zealots and first Jewish–Roman War are 1st-century Judaism.

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Galatians 1

Galatians 1 is the first chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Galilee

Galilee (hagGālīl; Galilaea; al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.

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Gittin

Gittin (Hebrew) is a tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim.

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Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Hayim Hillel Ben-Sasson

Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson (חיים הלל בן-ששון (1914 in Valozhyn – 16 May 1977 in Jerusalem) was professor of Jewish medieval history at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the editor of History of the Jewish People.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Herodian tetrarchy

The Herodian tetrarchy was a regional division of a client state of Rome, formed following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE. Zealots and Herodian tetrarchy are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.

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Incident at Antioch

The incident at Antioch was an Apostolic Age dispute between the apostles Paul and Peter which occurred in the city of Antioch around the middle of the first century.

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Jay P. Green

Jay Patrick Green Sr. (December 1, 1918 – May 20, 2008) was an ordained minister, Bible translator, publisher, and businessman.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Jish

Jish (الجش; גִ'שׁ, גּוּשׁ חָלָב, Jish, Gush Halav) is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District.

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John of Gischala

John of Gischala (Ἰωάννης,; יוחנן בן לוי, 70) was a leader of the first Jewish revolt against the Romans. Zealots and John of Gischala are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Josephus

Flavius Josephus (Ἰώσηπος,; AD 37 – 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader.

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Judaea (Roman province)

Judaea (Iudaea; translit) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria and Galilee, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea. Zealots and Judaea (Roman province) are 1st-century Judaism and 6 establishments.

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Judas of Galilee

Judas of Galilee, or Judas of Gamala, was a Jewish leader who led resistance to the census imposed for Roman tax purposes by Quirinius in the Judaea Province in 6 CE. Zealots and Judas of Galilee are census of Quirinius.

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Kanai (Judaism)

Kanai (קנאי, plural: kana'im) is a term for a zealot or fanatic.

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Knanaya

The K'nānāya, (from Syriac: K'nā'nāya (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India.

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Mark 3

Mark 3 is the third chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Masada

Masada (מְצָדָה, 'fortress'; جبل مسعدة) is an ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. Zealots and Masada are first Jewish–Roman War.

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Matthew 10

Matthew 10 is the tenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible.

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Menahem ben Judah

Menahem ben Judah lived around the time of the First Jewish–Roman War and is mentioned by Josephus.

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Messianic Bible translations

Messianic Bible translations are translations, or editions of translations, in English of the Christian Bible, some of which are widely used in the Messianic Judaism and Hebrew Roots communities.

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Militarism

Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

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Mishnah

The Mishnah or the Mishna (מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb shanah, or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah.

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N. T. Wright

Nicholas Thomas Wright (born 1 December 1948), known as N. T.

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New Testament

The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.

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Paul the Apostle and Jewish Christianity

Since the 1970s, scholars have sought to place Paul the Apostle within his historical context in Second Temple Judaism.

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Pharisees

The Pharisees (lit) were a Jewish social movement and a school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism. Zealots and Pharisees are 1st-century Judaism.

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Political movement

A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values.

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Procurator (ancient Rome)

Procurator (plural: Procuratores) was a title of certain officials (not magistrates) in ancient Rome who were in charge of the financial affairs of a province, or imperial governor of a minor province.

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Rabbinic Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism (יהדות רבנית|Yahadut Rabanit), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Rabbanite Judaism, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud.

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Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan (رضا اصلان,; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociality, writer, and television host.

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Richard A. Horsley

Richard A. Horsley was the Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts Boston until his retirement in 2007.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Sadducees

The Sadducees (lit) were a sect of Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Zealots and Sadducees are 1st-century Judaism.

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Saint Stephen

Stephen (wreath, crown, and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', often given as a title rather than as a name; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity.

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Second Temple

The Second Temple was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem, in use between and its destruction in 70 CE.

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Second Temple Judaism

Second Temple Judaism is the Jewish religion as it developed during the Second Temple period, which began with the construction of the Second Temple around 516 BCE and ended with the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70CE. Zealots and Second Temple Judaism are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Sica

The sica is a short sword or large dagger of ancient Illyrians, Thracians, and Dacians, it was also used in Ancient Rome.

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Sicarii

The Sicarii were a group of the Jews who, in the decades preceding Jerusalem's destruction in 70 CE, conducted a campaign of "terror-kidnapping, extortion, robbery, and murder" against other Jews and Romans, and became known for a reported mass suicide at the Siege of Masada. Zealots and Sicarii are first Jewish–Roman War and Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Sicarii (1989)

Sicarii (Daggermen) was a Jewish terrorist group active in Israel that took responsibility for a series of terrorist attacks between 1989 and 1990 on Palestinians and Jewish political and media figures sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians.

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Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)

The Siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem, the center of Jewish rebel resistance in the Roman province of Judaea. Zealots and Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) are first Jewish–Roman War and Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Sikrikim

The Sikrikim is a Haredi Jewish organization based in the Israeli Haredi neighbourhoods Meah Shearim in Jerusalem and in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

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Simon bar Giora

Simon bar Giora (alternatively known as Simeon bar Giora or Simon ben Giora or Shimon bar Giora, שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא or שִׁמְעוֹן בֵּן גִּיּוֹרָא; died 71 CE) was the leader of one of the major Judean rebel factions during the First Jewish–Roman War in 1st-century Roman Judea, who vied for control of the Jewish polity while attempting to expel the Roman army, but incited a bitter internecine war in the process. Zealots and Simon bar Giora are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Simon the Zealot

Simon the Zealot or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Canaanean (Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης; ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓ-ⲕⲁⲛⲁⲛⲉⲟⲥ; ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܢܢܝܐ) was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus.

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Talmud

The Talmud (תַּלְמוּד|Talmūḏ|teaching) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.

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The Jewish Encyclopedia

The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century.

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Tiberius Julius Alexander

Tiberius Julius Alexander (fl. 1st century) was an equestrian governor and general in the Roman Empire.

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Titus

Titus Caesar Vespasianus (30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. Zealots and Titus are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Vespasian

Vespasian (Vespasianus; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. Zealots and Vespasian are Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire.

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Vintage Books

Vintage Books is a trade paperback publishing imprint of Penguin Random House originally established by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954.

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Yohanan ben Zakkai

Yohanan ben Zakkai (Yōḥānān ben Zakkaʾy; 1st century CE), sometimes abbreviated as for Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, was a tanna, an important Jewish sage during the late Second Temple period during the transformative post-destruction era.

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth is a book by Iranian-American writer and scholar Reza Aslan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealots

Also known as Biryonim, Drumbeater, Fourth philosophy, Religious zeal, Religous zealot, The Zealots, Zeal (catholicism), Zealot, Zealotous, Zealotry, Zealotry in Jewish History, Zealots (Judaism), Zealots (Judea), Zealous.

, Rabbinic Judaism, Reza Aslan, Richard A. Horsley, Roman Empire, Roman province, Sadducees, Saint Stephen, Second Temple, Second Temple Judaism, Sica, Sicarii, Sicarii (1989), Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), Sikrikim, Simon bar Giora, Simon the Zealot, Talmud, The Jewish Encyclopedia, Tiberius Julius Alexander, Titus, Vespasian, Vintage Books, Yohanan ben Zakkai, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

Zealots, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

1st-century Judaism

6 establishments

73 disestablishments

Ancient political movements

Census of Quirinius

Early Christianity and Judaism

First Jewish–Roman War

Jewish nationalism

Jewish rebellions

References