Pharisee, Sadducees, Essenes

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Pharisee, Sadducees, Essenes Leaders of the Jewish Religion

Pharisee took dominance They were the spiritual fathers of modern Judaism They believed in an Oral Law that God gave to Moses at Sinai along with the Torah or written law Think of the Torah much like the constitution of the United States It was a series of laws they considered open to interpretation The Oral law was the interpretation of what these laws meant

Thus you have a people in disobedience The oral tradition was codified and written down roughly three centuries later and known as the Talmud They also believed in the after life for both wicked and righteous They believed in a messiah that would bring an era of world peace They were like the blue collar Jews They adhered mostly to tenets developed after the destruction of the temple, ind. prayer, assembling

The Sadducees were “Elitists” They wanted to maintain the priestly caste, willing to incorporate Hellenism into their lives which the Pharisees opposed The Hellenists were Greeks with a whole culture of influence on them The Sadducees rejected the idea of the Oral Law and insisted on literal interpretation of the written law They did not believe in the after life since it is not written in the Torah

The Sadducees cont. The main focus of Sadducee life was rituals associated with the Temple They disappeared around AD 70 after the destruction of the Temple. None of their writings survived They denied the existence of a spiritual world made up of Angels and demons and such. When you died you existence was finished

The Sanhedrin Council These two parties served in the Great Sanhedrin, a kind of Jewish Supreme Court made up of 71 members whose responsibility was to interpret civil and religious laws It was made up more of Sadducees than Pharisees but the masses were more loyal to the Pharisees and thus made it hard on the Sadducees to do as they pleased. Sadducees wanted to get along with Rome

The Dead Sea Sect - Essenes They emerged out of digust with the other two They believed the other two sects had corrupted the city and the Temple They moved out of Jerusalem and lived a monk like life in the desert They had a strict dietary law and a life of celibacy. Lived near the Dead Sea – 1947 they found scrolls in a cave near it

Differences Sect Sadducees Pharisees Essenes Social Class Priests, Aristocrats Common People Made up of both Figures of Authority Priests Disciples of the Wise Teacher of Righteous Attitude Hellenism For Selective Against Hasmon-eans Opposed Usurpation of Priesthood Opposed Usurpation of Monarchy Personally opposed to Jonathan

Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel This was an independent Jewish State for 103 years under the leadership of Simon Maccabeaus The Books of 1 and 2 Maccabees were about this period Herod the Great even married a Maccabean princess to legitimate his power Julius Ceasar, Pompey the Great, Mark Anthony and Octavian ended the Jewish Revolt and power

Differences Theology Free Will Angels Afterlife Sadduces Yes No None Pharisee Mostly Ress. Essenes ? Spiritual Survival Attitude toward Bible Literalist Scholarly Interpret Inspired Exegesis Attitude to Oral Law No such thing Equal to written law

What does all this mean to us It describes what man can do when he is trying to please himself It is not about trying to do things to please God but to please man None of these three got it right None of them pleased God None of them were ready for the messiah but they all fought each other but obtained nothing in return, just like men do today

The Jews Still Look For An Earthly Kingdom It is sad that they never understood what God told them It is sad they are looking in the wrong place It is sad they have so much pride in themselves and their traditions to simply look to God and obey him It is sad that at one time, God was their defender and sustainer but now God and his once faithful people are separated 12