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	Masada and the Credibility of Josephus (PBS Frontline)
		Josephus wanted Eleazar, the leader of the Sicarii, to make a speech in which he would publicly confess that he and his followers, those who had formented the war, had erred and were now receiving condign punishment from God for their sins.
		We might suggest that the Sicarii were captured by the Romans and massacred, or that they fought the Romans and were killed, and that Josephus, whose fondness for literary commonplaces and types is well known, substituted a collective suicide story for the truth.
		Masada was captured by the Sicarii at the outbreak of the war in 66 CE.
	hometown.aol.com /fljosephus/archMasadaPBS.htm (3949 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - SICARII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Under their cloaks they concealed "sicæ," or small daggers, whence they received their name; and at popular assemblies, especially during the pilgrimage to the Temple mount, they stabbed their enemies, or, in other words, those who were friendly to the Romans, lamenting ostentatiously after the deed, and thus escaping detection (Josephus, "Ant." xx.
		Although Felix had cleared the country of the so-called "robbers," their place was taken by the Sicarii, who were not so easily to be suppressed.
		Festus himself had to contend with the Sicarii; but Albinus, in return for money and other presents, left them in peace, and even convicted Sicarii were released on promising to spare their opponents.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=681&letter=S (362 words)

	Zealotry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They succeeded in taking over Jerusalem, and kept control of it until 70, when the son of Roman emperor Vespasian, Titus Flavius, retook the city and destroyed Herod's Temple during the destruction of Jerusalem.
		The Zealots objected to Roman rulership and sought to violently eradicate it; Zealots engaged in violence were called the Sicarii.
		One of their leaders, Elazar ben Yair escaped to the desert fortress of Masada and fought alongside the Sicarii Zealots until Masada was captured in 73.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zealot (689 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - MENAHEM BEN JAIR: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was a grandson of Judas of Galilee, the founder of the Zealot party, of which the Sicarii were a branch.
		C.E., stormed the fortress of Masada and slew the Roman garrison.
		Eleazar ben Ananias, realizing that the Sicarii were a menace, turned the Zealots against Menahem, who fled to Ophla, but was captured and executed.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=409&letter=M (142 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - Sicara
		The Latin Sicarii has it's root in the Latin word, sica, which was a general term from the Latin spoken around 70 BC, for any dagger or knife.
		Sicarii is a term applied, in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, to the Jewish Zealots, who attempted to expel the Romans and their partisans from Judea...
		The 'r' in 'sicarii' is not part of the stem of the root word 'sica,' whereas it is an essential part of the stems of all the words of the '(s)ker-' family, from which I conclude, maybe in a somewhat unscientific manner, that a relationship between 'sicarii' and 'skære' isn't very likely either.
	www.wordwizard.com /ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18352& (1480 words)

	Wikinfo \| Sicarii
		Sicarii is a term applied, in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, to the Jewish Zealots, who attempted to expel the Romans and their partisans from Judea, even resorting to murder to obtain their objective.
		At popular assemblies, particularly during the pilgrimage to the Temple Mount, they stabbed their enemies or, in other words, those who were friendly to the Romans, lamenting ostentatiously after the deed and thus escaping detection.
		At the beginning of the Jewish Revolt (66 AD), the Sicarii, with the help of other Zealots, gained access to Jerusalem and committed a series of atrocities, in order to force the population to war.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sicarii (413 words)

	Judas
		I prefer the Sicarii explanation of Iscariot because it fits the general tendency of the Gospels to play down the political life of Jesus and to shift the blame for his crucifixion from the Romans to the Jews.
		They carried short, curved daggers under their robes and would move through a crowded marketplace till they were close to an intended target...typically a member of a rival political faction or a quisling cooperating with the Roman occupation...
		If Sicarii is the correct translation of Iscariot, then the Gospel writer's were laying the blame for Jesus's betrayal and death on Jewish Assassins (Judas Iscariot).
	members.tripod.com /~benandanti/judas.html (921 words)

	The Masada Myth: Heroes of the Jewish Great Revolt were not really heroes
		Thus, using a strictly Jewish analogy, when the Sicarii were faced with the choice, they selected suicide rather than the destiny of Samson.
		The absolute resolution and courage of the Sicarii and their act of collective suicide in Masada raised, apparently, much respect and wonder among the Romans and in Josephus Flavius.
		The unpleasant impression is that the Sicarii on Masada, so adept at raiding nearby villages, were not really good fighters and, in fact, avoided opportunities to fight.
	www.bibleinterp.com /articles/masadamyth4.htm (576 words)

	Concerning Masada And Those Sicarii Who Kept It; And How Silva Betook Himself To Form The Siege Of That Citadel. ...
		They were the Sicarii who first began these transgressions, and first became barbarous towards those allied to them, and left no words of reproach unsaid, and no works of perdition untried, in order to destroy those whom their contrivances affected.
		At the same time Silva ordered that great battering ram which he had made to be brought thither, and to be set against the wall, and to make frequent batteries against it, which with some difficulty broke down a part of the wall, and quite overthrew it.
		However, the Sicarii made haste, and presently built another wall within that, which should not be liable to the same misfortune from the machines with the other; it was made soft and yielding, and so was capable of avoiding the terrible blows that affected the other.
	www.interhack.net /projects/library/wars-jews/b7c8.html (2234 words)

	Jerusalem, August 1990
		At popular assemblies, particularly during the pilgrimage to the Temple Mount, the Sicarii stabbed their enemies or, in other words, those who were friendly to the Romans, lamenting after the deed and thus escaping detection.
		And then it was that the sicarii, as they were called, who were robbers, grew numerous.
		The victims of the Sicarii included Jonathan the High Priest, though it is possible that his murder was orchestrated by the Roman governor Antonius Felix (52-60 AD).
	www.fectio.org.uk /sites/jerusalem1990.htm (4356 words)

	Print: The Chronicle: 12/6/2002: Israeli Icon Under Fire
		Ben-Yehuda, because Josephus characterizes the Sicarii as political extremists, distinct from the Zealots.
		The name Sicarii comes from sica, the daggers that members of the group carried and used to assassinate their opponents, whether Jewish or Roman.
		The Sicarii left Jerusalem early in the revolt, and they were the ones who took over Masada.
	chronicle.com /cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i15/15a01601.htm (3281 words)

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		The name Iscariot is clearly derived from the group named "Sicarii".
		Sicarii is Aramaic for dagger and sometimes used to refer to an assassin.
		The Sicarii engaged in social banditry against the Romans ala Robin Hood.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards_mini/index.asp?boardID=56345 (1327 words)

	Masada, Monday 13th August 1990
		There was a fortress of very great strength not far from Jerusalem, which had been built by our ancient kings, both as a repository for their effects in the hazards of war, and for the preservation of their bodies at the same time.
		Those that were called Sicarii had taken possession of it formerly, but at this time they overran the neighboring countries, aiming only to procure to themselves necessaries; for the fear they were then in prevented their further ravages.
		But the Sicarii had prepared an ingenious system with a second wall made of wooden beams filled inbetween with loose earth, which only compacted under the blows of the Roman siege engines.
	www.fectio.org.uk /sites/masada1990.htm (2829 words)

	The Masada Myth: Heroes of the Jewish Great Revolt were not really heroes
		It appears that the two most relevant groups are the Sicarii, and much more so, the Zealots who apparently carried the main burden of the revolt.
		Throughout Josephus' books, the connection between the Zealots and the Sicarii is not always entirely clear, but when Josephus discusses Masada his use of the word "Sicarii" to describe the Jewish rebels there is quite consistent.
		The Sicarii in Jerusalem were involved in so much terrorist activity against Jews and others that they were forced to leave the city some time before the Roman siege there began.
	www.bibleinterp.com /articles/masadamyth2.htm (449 words)

	From the Top of Masada to the Bottom of the Ghetto: Myth as History
		The answer is connected with the political meaning of ‘Sicarii’ in Israel, and the Zionist historiography of the Second Temple Period.
		The Sicarii were zealots in that they showed extreme determination in their political position and religious world-view, but hey were not “Zealots”; in terms of their group affiliation.
		In this case, historical accuracy, i.e.: making a point of referring to the people of Masada as Sicarii, would endanger the very possibility of maintaining the myth, and was therefore rejected by ideologues form the socialist camp.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/festivls/zkatz/zk/massada.html (8844 words)

	The Chronicle: Colloquy Live Transcript
		But there is evidence that the Sicarii on Masada were forging their own arrowheads.
		Josephus said very clearly that the people were Sicarii, and Yadin consistently ignores that the people in Masada were Sicarii, and called them Zealots.
		Yadin equated the Sicarii and Zealots and he used the term Sicarii at least once in his book.
	chronicle.com /colloquylive/2002/12/masada (4510 words)

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		She then grabbed Sicarii's hair with one hand and drew her forward into a kiss, tasting her own blood in the Assassin's mouth.
		We fixed her up while we were at it." "I think she still wants to know 'Why?' Licky," Sicarii said, her voice warming (a truly horrible sound with her) as she spoke Autolyca's nickname.
		Sicarii, lying as naked as her partner in their bed, woke up with a start.
	members.cox.net /jhosmer1/kagami.txt (8070 words)

	Masada
		Sicarii followers of Elazar Ben Yair were forced to evacuate Jerusalem.
		extremism of the Sicarii was seen as a menace to public safety.
		Philosophically, the Sicarii defined the political principle as central to
	headcoverings-by-devorah.com /Masada.htm (1624 words)

	Rejection of Pascal's Wager: The Reliance of Luke-Acts on Josephus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Luke on the other hand betrays a very confused use of the word and him placing the sicarii in the desert indicates he knows of their name but not exactly who these people were.
		In War 2:13:3-5, the sicarii, the mob being led out into the desert and the case of the Egyptian prophet were described in quick succession.
		This would require that Luke first used a term (sicarii) he did not fully understand in a context that was completely wrong and then for someone like Josephus who knew about sicarii to use an obviously erroneous and highly abbreviated passage as his source.
	www.geocities.com /paulntobin/lukejosephus.html (2306 words)

	Massada Myth - Summary
		In the year 66 AD, during the great Jewish revolt, Massada was conquered by a group of Sicarii Jews.
		During this time, these Sicarii Jews robbed the surrounding villages, including Jewish villages.
		The Sicarii made Massada more "Jewish" - they built a synagogue and two Mikvaot.
	members.tripod.com /~dudi/massada.html (1508 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Letters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Graetz (ii, 239) calls the Sicarii an extremist section of the Zealots: "Another band of Zealots.
		...and (3) I called Eleazar ben Jair a Zealot leader whereas he was one of the Sicarii...
		...The conclusions would be exactly the same were the word "Zealots" replaced by "Sicarii" in all relevant passages...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V4I5P94-1.htm (2826 words)

	That Many Of The Sicarii Fled To Alexandria Also And What Dangers They Were In There; On Which Account That Temple ...
		When Masada was thus taken, the general left a garrison in the fortress to keep it, and he himself went away to Cesarea; for there were now no enemies left in the country, but it was all overthrown by so long a war.
		So they got all the Jews together to an assembly, and accused the madness of the Sicarii, and demonstrated that they had been the authors of all the evils that had come upon them.
		But what was most of all astonishing to the beholders was the courage of the children; for not one of these children was so far overcome by these torments, as to name Caesar for their lord.
	www.interhack.net /projects/library/wars-jews/b7c10.html (462 words)

	Untitled Document
		Not far from Jerusalem was a well-nigh impregnable fortress built by the kings of long ago for the safe keeping of their treasures and their personal security in the hazards of war.
		The fortress was Masada, occupied by the Sicarii
		At that time the Sicarii combined against those prepared to submit to Rome, rounding up their cattle, and setting their dwellings on fire: they were no better than foreigners, they declared, throwing away in thiscowardly fashion the freedom won by the Jews at such cost, and avowedly choosing slavery under the Romans.
	www.jewishtribalreview.org /masada2.htm (2109 words)

	Masada in Josephus' Wars of the Jews
		The Sicarii were said to have laid all of the towns surrounding Masada in Ruin.
		The Sicarii made haste in building a second wall within the fortress which was made of pliable wood, two walls were built, and in between them were mounds of dirt.
		The Sicarii felt that they had saved themselves by this means, and thought that they would one again be safe from the attacks of the Romans.
	people.westminstercollege.edu /faculty/mmarkowski/212/Class-Site/bryce/212.html (4424 words)

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