Their hero was the man who killed Zimri, Phinehas, and their center of strength was Sepphoris in Galilee.
This group is equated with the Kannaim, a sect which killed thieves of libation cups and those who had intercourse with Syrians. This group was formed by a certain Judas after forty-two of their ideological forebears were burned to death for destroying a golden eagle. Among their first actions was to protest the imposition of a census, accusing those who participated of legitimizing pagan rule. Their hero was the man who killed Zimri, Phinehas, and their center of strength was Sepphoris in Galilee. Some of this group's members killed themselves after the standoff at Masada, and one faction of this group was the Sicarii, who made public assassinations of collaborators. For 10 points, name this group which sparked the First Jewish Revolt through its opposition to Herod and Rome, and lends its name to passionate supporters of a cause.
This group is equated with the Kannaim, a sect which killed thieves of libation cups and those who had intercourse with Syrians.
{Zealots}