Look up: Zealots

1. zealots
   zealot, zealots 1. Someone who is zealous, especially excessively so. 2. A fanatically committed person. 3. A zealot was a member of a Jewish movement of the first century A.D. that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism. A sect of Jews who originated with J...
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2. Zealots
   Zealots (zel'uts) , Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. B.C.). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of A.D. 66–73. This term applied to them because of their fervent vener...
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3. Zealots
   The Zealots were a Jewish political party of the 1st century AD. Bitterly opposed to Roman rule in Judaea, they played a leading part in the revolt of 66 AD. Their last stronghold, Masada, fell in 73.
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