Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes
This paper will describe the characteristics of the three main Jewish sects that existed at the start of the Christian Era. According to Grant, there were actually many different Jewish movements during that time. Although all of the various Jews "professed complete devotion to the Torah," there were nonetheless "wide divergences of opinion" among the different groups (216). In the first century C.E., the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus claimed that three of these groups were especially important. These were the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. The Sadducees arose at about the same time as the Maccabees. The Maccabees were a Jewish family that came to power in Palestine in the second century B.C.E. They continued to hold power there until the Roman conquest of 63 B.C.E. Most scholars believe that the name of the Sadducees is based on the name of Zadok, a high priest who lived during the time of David and Solomon (Porton 892). According to Josephus, the Sadducees were associated with the wealthy, aristocratic class. As such, the name came to be applied to "the aristocratic circles connected with the high priests by marriage and other social relations" (Porton 892). Stambaugh and Balch point out that the Sad
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