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1. Lesson 11 Religio-Political Groups Part 2
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Review Second Temple Chronology

3. Pharisees
Scribes
• Sadducees
• Essenes
• Herodians
• Zealots and Sicarii
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Religio-Political Parties

4. • Name derived from
Zadok, High Priest to
David and Solomon
• Thus – “Sons of Zadok”
• Also means “Pius Ones”
• Appear in 2nd Century B.C.
• Reaction to Seleucid “Pig Sacrifice”
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Sadducees

5. • Only Sons of Zadok could be
High Priest
• Maccabees took the office
• Sadducees opposed but later
collaborated with Hasmoneans
• Especially collaborated with
Herodians to regain office
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Sadducees’ Opposed Hasmonean High Priest

6. • Acted bad to each other
• Totally selfish
• Sought only to keep power
• Jesus accuses them of only seeking
a sign.
• “Watch out for their leaven” -Jesus
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Criticized in New Testament

7. • Denied Supernatural
• Soul dies with Body
• No angels or demons
• No Resurrection
• They are “Sad You See!”
• Pharisees believed in all these
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Sadducee’s Theology

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Paul Uses their Differences Before Sanhedrin

9. • Maintain status quo
• Refused to use the new Aramaic
script preferring to keep the old
Hebrew script
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Sadducees Very Conservative

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Lost their Power when Temple Burned

11. Let’s Pray About It
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