Group of Jews from the countryside who fled to Jerusalem before the Roman advance in 67-68 C.E. "Zealots" was a self-designation alluding to their zeal for the Torah.
The group of anti-Roman rebels of the 1st century CE. Their movement started in 6 CE, but became really active in the period of Jewish Revolt. Their most basic belief was that all means were justified to attain political and religious liberty.
Members of a historical Jewish movement characterized by armed rebellion against Roman rulers.
Revolutionary Judaism sect existing during time of Roman occupation in Israel around 1st and 2nd century BCE, sect still popular at time of Yeshua.
Originally, the name of a small group of Pharisees in 1st Century CE Judea who used terrorist tactics to attack the occupying Roman Army. Their goal was religious and political independence from Rome. The term has since evolved to refer to any extreme radical religious group or individual.
movement of Judaism that existed around the time of the dawn of Christianity. It died out shortly after the destruction of the Temple.