Zealot | Judaism | Britannica
Zealot, member of a Jewish sect noted for its uncompromising opposition to pagan Rome and the polytheism it professed.The Zealots were an aggressive political party whose concern for the national and religious life of the Jewish people led them to despise even Jews who sought peace and conciliation with the Roman authorities. A census of Galilee ordered by Rome in ad 6 spurred the Zealots to ...
