Pharisees
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The Pharisees were a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism. Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Pharisaic beliefs bec
Pompey in the Temple of Jerusalem, by Jean Fouquet
Gustave Doré: Disputation between Jesus and the Pharisees
Jesus at the house of the Pharisean, by Tintoretto, Escorial
Sadducees
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The Sadducees were a sect of Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The Sadducees are described in contempo
Pharisees
…the group no longer exists, their traditions are of great importance for the manifold Jewish religious movements. Conflicts between Pharisees and Sadducees took place in the context of much broader and longstanding social and religious conflicts amongst Jews (exacerbated by the Roman conquest). One conflict…
The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus by James Tissot (Brooklyn Museum)