Zealots

Zealots

A Jewish faction that arose near the end of the inter-testamental period who were bent on armed resistance to all Romans in the fatherland. They looked back two centuries to the glorious days of the Maccabees when religious zeal combined with a ready sword to overthrow the pagan Greek overlords.

[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, history, Zealots[/tags]

 

Leave a Reply

This site is protected by Comment SPAM Wiper.
%d bloggers like this: