Zealots
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The Zealots were members of a Jewish political movement during the Second Temple period who sought to incite the people of Judaea to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Land of Israel
Statue of Simon the Zealot by Hermann Schievelbein at the roof of the Helsinki Cathedral.
Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by Titus, painting by Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas, 148 x 199 cm, 1635, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Phinehas, who in the Torah killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman for engaging in immoral acts, is seen as a central model for ancient Jewish zealotry
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First Jewish–Roman War
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The First Jewish–Roman War, also known as the War of Destruction, the Great Jewish Revolt, the First Jewish Revolt, or the Jewish War, was the first of three major Jewish rebellions against the Roman
Zealots
…sought to incite the people of Judaea to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Land of Israel by force of arms, most notably during the First Jewish–Roman War. "Zealotry" was the term used by the Jewish historian Josephus for a "fourth sect" or "fourth Jewish philosophy" during this period. At the core of…
Scale model reconstruction of the Temple Mount during the first century CE, with the Second Temple in the center and the Antonia Fortress to the upper right
A coin issued by the rebels in 68, using the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. Obverse: "Shekel, Israel. Year 3." Reverse: "Jerusalem the Holy"
Gamla, a fortified town in the Golan, fell to Roman forces in 67 AD. The image shows the main breach in the town's wall
Coins from the Year of the Four Emperors. Following Nero's death in June 68, a delay of about a year occurred, during which Vespasian left Judaea to contest the imperial throne