History of the Sadducees Part 16
The pietists and their affiliated groups who ultimately came to be subsumed under the general term of Pharisees, continued the tradition...
History of the Sadducees Part 15
Who were the Pharisees? The Pharisees were the bearers of the ancient tradition of Torah interpretation which had been brought from...
History of the Sadducees Part 14
In the course of time the Sadducees developed a political-religious philosophy of Judaism which was rooted in the statements in the books...
History of the Sadducees Part 13
After describing the garments that the priests should wear in their service and other details that pertain to the priests alone, he goes...
History of the Sadducees Part 12
There is no more powerful assertion of the divinely ordained authority of the Tzadukian priesthood than that stated in the Book of the...
History of the Sadducees Part 11
But while the Hellenistic priests who had been ousted from their positions of leadership in the Temple by the Maccabees no longer...
History of the Sadducees Part 10
Another family in the priestly line of descent from Aaron was that of the Kohanim of Modi'in, whose patriarch was Mattityahu. They too...
History of the Sadducees Part 9
Let us examine the status of the Kohanim, the priests who functioned in the Temple and performed its rituals and ceremonies. All of this...
History of the Sadducees Part 8
The Temple in Jerusalem was rebuilt during the reign of the Persian Emperors sometime between 500 and 450 B.C.E. Those who planned the...
History of the Sadducees Part 7
Now concerning the Pharisees, they live simply and have no desire for luxury. They follow the conduct of reason and respect their elders....