Zealots and Sicarii, Their Origins and Relation
It has long been the common opinion that the Zealots were the party founded by Judas the Galilean so Graetz and Jost, for instance, writing in the middle of the past century. Derenbourg, it is true, observed that the term Zealots was not applied to the opponents of the Romans before the revolt,...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1971]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 1971, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
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| Summary: | It has long been the common opinion that the Zealots were the party founded by Judas the Galilean so Graetz and Jost, for instance, writing in the middle of the past century. Derenbourg, it is true, observed that the term Zealots was not applied to the opponents of the Romans before the revolt, but when he came to the events of the revolt he made a descendant of Judas, Menahem, the leader of the Zealots and so apparently assumed the connection of the party with Judas. Schürer's adherence canonized the common opinion, and also the common description of the Sicarii as a more fanatical fraction of the party though the sources contain nothing to suggest that the party had split before the Sicarii appeared. Hence, with only minor variations, Eduard Meyer, Bousset, Baron, and Yadin's account of the Zealots in Masada, to name only the largest studies. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000018009 |