https://github.com/daniel-boll/zealot

Be Hideous Before Zeal Cease Zealotry.
https://github.com/daniel-boll/zealot

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Be Hideous Before Zeal Cease Zealotry.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/daniel-boll/zealot
• Owner: Daniel-Boll
• Created: 2021-06-28T03:50:50.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-01T19:32:24.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-14T15:14:57.767Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: cryptography, decryption, encryption, study, study-group, study-project
• Language: TypeScript
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• Size: 134 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# 
Zealot


> _*"Be hideous before zeal cease zealotry".*_

> Zealot is a project under the study group called PGPet.

>

> The project was proposed by CS PET (PETComp) member Daniel Boll in June 2021

> as a proposal to bring the study of cryptographic methods that are not studied

> in depth in the course.



  


  "Simon the Zealot" Helsinki Cathedral



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## Name origin

When flirting with possible names, the main contributor duo of this repository 

looked for iconic moments involving cryptography, mysteries, enigmas and the like. 

Unsuccessful Daniel, in an epiphany, recalled a group famous for its enigmatic acts 

in recent years: `Cicada 3301`. [Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an enigmatic organization that, 

on three occasions, has posted a set of puzzles to recruit codebreakers from the public](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301).

So, the mental acrobatics started to get an interesting name for the group based on this reference.

First we get the algorithm `rot n` and applied as following:

rot(3301, "cicada") = bhbzcz

Where by taking each initial you get the sentence at the beginning of this README.

> _*"Be hideous before zeal cease zealotry".*_

Furthermore, interest in the word "Zealotry" arose. 

The etymology of the word indicates that: The Zealots were a political movement 

in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism which sought to incite the people of Judea 

Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Holy Land by 

force of arms, most notably during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70). 

_**Zealotry**_ was the term used by Josephus for a "fourth sect" or 

"fourth Jewish philosophy" during this period.