The Zealots were Jewish revolutionaries in the first century Judaea, whose religious zeal lead them to fight to the death against Roman domination, and to kill or persecute Jews who collaborated with the Romans. Zealots fought their way to freedom from enslavement, by not giving up the battle (Hasting 441). Scholars disagree as to whether the name Zealots referred to all revolutionary groups of the first century, or only one of the groups active during the …
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