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Old 12th April 2006, 03:29 AM   #1
Jim McDougall
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Default Ancient Zealot daggers

In recent news items that concern newly revealed ancient writings said to be those from Judas, there have been interesting suggestions concerning this central figure in Biblical history. One of these suggest that Judas may have been involved in a group of Zealots said to be known as 'Siccarri', with the term referring to a form of dagger.

Without getting into theosophical discussion, and keeping things objective, I am interested in knowing what form of dagger this might have been. While these regions of Biblical history were occupied of course by the Romans in these times , and the term is Latin, could the dagger have been of local form? Does anyone have illustrations of the type daggers in use in Israel and Judea during these historic times?

Again, my question concerns strictly the typology of daggers of the times that may qualify as those known as 'siccarri', aside from political or religious data.

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Jim
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