Some scholars view them as a group that came out of the Hasidim, a pious sect who supported Judah Maccabee in his religious goals but left him when his ambitions turned political.
પરંતુ, એ ફરોશીઓ ક્યાંથી આવ્યા હતા એ વિષે તે કંઈ જણાવતા નથી.