What political movement in first century Judaism that sought to incite people against the Roman Empire has now come to mean fanatical support for a cause?
Kanai (Judaism) Kanai (Judaism) Kanai (, plural: "kana'im", קנאים) is a term for a zealot or fanatic. It means one who is zealous on behalf of God. The first "kanai" mentioned in the Tanakh is Pinchas. Pinchas was rewarded by God for his zealotry because he didn't act out of hate or for any personal gain. He meant solely for the sake of God. Zealotry, described by Josephus as one of the "four sects" of Judaism during his time, was a political movement in first century Judaism which sought to incite the people of Iudaea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire
Zealot Temple Siege a political movement in 1st century Judaism that sought to incite the people of Judaea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Holy Land by force of arms. The Great Jewish Revolt began in the year 66 AD with Greek and Jewish religious tensions and expanded into anti-taxation protests and Jewish attacks upon Roman citizens. However, by the year 68, Jewish resistance in the North had been crushed and the Roman General Vespasian had established his headquarters at Caesarea Maritima. The leaders of the collapsed Northern revolt, John of Giscala and Simon Bar Giora, managed