Sadducees

New Testament Sadducees, are descendants from Hasmonean families (Middendorf 50). The Sadducees are from the known parts of Jerusalem (Middendorf 50). They belong to the upper classes of Israel and are high priestly families (The Jewish Religious System). The Sadducees are leaders in the Jewish culture, yet rejected all supernatural objectives. They did not believe in the “popular beliefs of angels, spirits, and the resurrection of the dead” (Middendorf 50). The Sadducees had talked with Jesus in Luke chapter 20, about the resurrection. Jesus said to the Sadducees this, “‘The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor…

Throughout his complete works, Josephus identifies three main sects of Judaism that were present within his lifetime: the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. Throughout his different works he offers many descriptions of these different sects. He describes the Pharisees in the most detail, likely because he asserts that the Pharisees drew much support from the common man and that he himself was once a Pharisee (Antiquities 13.10.5). It is useful to help understand these three sects by…

Throughout the sacred text of the bible, Jesus revealed many truths that resonate and apply to leadership practices of today. Many of those nuggets of truth were spoken in parabolic form. Jesus employed parables in situations when He wanted His listeners to open their minds to some new and abstract content” (Fønebø, 2011, p. 22). Jesus used parables in “everyday situations when He wanted to clarify something, give a response to questions or criticism, or when He was interrupted by incidents”…

According to the Bible, Pharisees were the group of lawmakers in the Jewish church. They were very involved in lawmaking, including the law that Moses received from God, however they went to the extreme to make sure the people followed them. Along with being against Jesus’ teachings, The Pharisees were known for being the "Disciples of the Wise". Pharisees were simply common people of a town. However, with their sophisticated scholarly interpretations on the Bible, they were respected on a…

1st century Palestine was a special time for the Jewish faith, after the death of Jesus, and as much as they didn't like it Christianity was on the rise. However this wasn't the only thing, Judaism at this time was spawning all new sub-genres of faith. They split into four groups: The Pharisees, The Sadducees, The Zealots, and The Essenes. They all believed in YHWH, but they had different ideas and ways of how to praise him. The Pharisees, which translates to separated ones in Hebrew, are known…

“When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, what commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the…

Chapter Two FIRST CENTURY RELIGIOUS GROUPS At the time of Paul’s missionary Journeys there were a number of religious groups; perhaps as many as a dozen. Three of them are mentioned in the Bible: Pharisees, Sadducees and Zealots. THE PHARISEES The largest of these groups was the Pharisees which was organized about 140 B.C. and they taught strict adherence to the law. They were probably coming nearer to keeping the Law of Moses than any of the other groups. The Pharisees believed in a future…

found itself in a world surrounded by Gentiles. Dispersed and alone, the Jews had to learn how to live in a world where their beliefs and ideals were not standard practice. With success, the Jews managed to keep their identities through upholding specific traditions. After occupation by the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Syrians, and Romans, the Jews’ ideologies evolved resulting in the development of four unique parties: the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Zealots in the New Testament period…

16:6) Jesus said, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” In this reference, it is clear that He is not talking about actual bread. The surrounding scriptures explain that He is talking about the false teachings of the religious leaders. We also see this again in the Book of Matthew where Jesus is rebuking the religious leaders. (Matt. 23 1-39). It is important to note that the Pharisees and religious leaders during that time were teaching false doctrines…

The Sadducees were the ruling class of Jews, that was a conservative traditionalist in every sense; in fact, they only followed the written Jewish law and were the highest religious magistrates in the land (Harris, 2014). Additionally, the Pharisees were devoted to Jewish law, but they also believed in the oral law that the Sadducees did not. While the Sadducees focused on tradition and control, the Pharisee's emphasis on purity eventually led to kicking the gentile Christian out of the temple…