For the sect of the Zealots, see Basnage, Histoire des Juifs, 1. i. c. 17; for the characters of the Messiah, according to the Rabbis, 1. v. c. 1 l, 12, 13; for the actions of Barchochebas, 1. vii. c. 12. [Hist. of Jews, iii. 115.]