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Zealots
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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1997
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Zealots. Jewish resistance fighters in the Jewish–Roman War, 66–73 CE. The movement stemmed from the activities of Judah the Galilean who ‘incited his countrymen to revolt’. In the War against the Romans, one of the sons of Judah seized the fortress of Masada and took command of the Jewish forces in Jerusalem until his murder in 68. The majority of the Zealots died in the siege of Jerusalem; Masada fell in 73, and those who fled to Egypt were rounded up, tortured, and executed.
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Zealots take aim at your food
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 1/12/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...historical reference. When the anti-smoking zealots started out, they went after a relatively...beach smoking. Had the anti- smoking zealots revealed their full agenda when they started...much resistance. The nation's food zealots have taken a page from their anti- smoking...
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Should The Zealots Prevail With BOLI?(bank-owned life insurance)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 6/8/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the year A.D. 73 a trapped band of Zealots faced a terrible decision. After a long...Masada, the rock fortress sheltering the Zealots was doomed. The dreadful decision then...Masada Complex. Koppel's guests were two Zealots and a journalist and the discussion centered...
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A Place for the Zealot
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report; 7/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the Bible's other arch-zealot, Elijah, who, in some Rabbinic...for, Israel's sins. The zealot has a place in the Temple...fornicates with an Aramean woman, zealots will strike him." Should...Babylonian Talmud says that the zealot may strike, but only, only...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Food zealots are seeking to take control of our lives
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...created by the nation's anti- smoking zealots. Their fellow traveler, New York University...tobacco companies." The anti-smoking zealots started out with "reasonable" demands...adults smoking. Had the anti-smoking zealots revealed their entire agenda back in the...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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RAPIDS SOCCER ZEALOTS PROVE ALL TALK, NO SHOW.(Sports)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Mountain News Sports Columnist Dear Soccer Zealots, Wish you were here. Wish you had joined...proved my hypothesis: namely, that soccer zealots have plenty of bark, but absolutely no...show-calling, no-account soccer zealots: Nice showing Sunday afternoon. Is pathetic...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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MY DOG HOMER: ZEALOT, PILGRIM AND CHANNEL OF GOD'S GRACE.(Editorial)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 5/8/1998; 700+ words
; ...may have been a member of the Zealot faction, those committed to...comes to his ball, Homer is a zealot, or at least very highly focused...devotion. Such is the danger of zealots. They tend to run over others...spirituality is not limited to the zealot mode. He is also a pilgrim...
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The peaceful zealot
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...07-10-2009 Headline: The peaceful zealot Byline: SHLOMO RISKIN Edition; Up Front...process. The quick action was the act of a zealot, a fanatic who sees himself as the sole...with eternal kehuna (priesthood)? A zealot may be credited with passion, commitment...
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ZEALOTS CARE NAUGHT FOR THE TRUTH.(Editorial)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 5/9/1998; 700+ words
; ...rights. In fact, those groups that zealots in Congress are targeting for assault...mothers. But no matter. And a good zealot will never let the truth get in the...that, unlike many anti-abortion zealots in Congress, I have visited family...
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Zealots on both right, left assail films
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/19/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...quiz: What do right-wing, religious zealots have in common with left-wing gay and lesbian zealots? Answer: Both are too inclined to stomp...views they don't like. For religious zealots, it was their assault a couple of years...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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'Zealots' understand the planet's problems ; In response to Peter Wyatt's letter headed "Have zealots gone too far?" (September 24) - first, they are not "zealots", they merely have a basic understanding of the scientific basis for sustaining life on the planet. Second, no - they have not gone too far; in fact, probably not far enough.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 9/30/2008; 457 words
; In response to Peter Wyatt's letter headed "Have zealots gone too far?" (September 24) - first, they are not "zealots", they merely have a basic understanding of the scientific basis for sustaining life on the planet. Second, no - they...
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Zealots of Piety
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Mikhailovich Lvov, supported the Zealots, as did several of the correctors...and took his place among the Zealots of Piety. Other representatives...historiography opposed the Zealots to Patriarch Iosif and the...opposition. Nikon, a leading Zealot, became patriarch in 1652...
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Zealots
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...attempted to take a census, the Zealots, under Judas of Galilee and...subjugate the Jews. Thereafter the Zealots expressed their opposition...conformed to Roman ways. The Zealots played a role in the unsuccessful...AD 70) by the Romans. The Zealot garrison at Masada, a mountaintop...
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Zealot
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Zealot a member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world Jewish theocracy and...from zēlos ‘zeal’. The extended sense of zealot as a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious...
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zealot
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
zeal·ot / ˈzelət / • n. a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals. ∎ ( Zeal·ot ) hist. a member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world Jewish theocracy and resisting the Romans until ad 70.
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Masada
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the final outpost of the Zealot Jews in their rebellion against...Jewish war against Rome, the Zealots , an extremist Jewish sect...garrison. Masada remained under Zealot control until AD 73, when...children survived to tell of the Zealots' last action. Most archaeologists...
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