Pharisees
Sign in to saveThe 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 became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism. Although the group no longer exists, their traditions are of great importance for the manifold Jewish religious movements.
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The Pharisees were a Jewish movement and school of thought during the Second Temple period whose beliefs became the foundation of Rabbinic Judaism after the Temple's destruction in 70 AD. Though the group itself no longer exists, their traditions remain central to Jewish religious practice and thought across many different Jewish movements today.
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- Pharisees
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- 167 BC
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- 73 AD
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- Jerusalem
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- Rabbinic Judaism
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- Judea
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- Etymology
- Sources
- History
- From {{c.|600 BC|160 BC}}
- Emergence of the Pharisees
- Hasmonean period
- Roman period
- From Pharisees to rabbis
- Post-Temple developments
- Beliefs
- Monotheism
- Wisdom
- Free will and predestination
- Afterlife
- Practices
- A kingdom of priests
- Oral Torah
- Innovators or preservers
- Significance of debate and study of the law
- Relations with Christianity
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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 became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism. Although 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 was cultural, between those who favored Hellenization (the Sadducees) and those who resisted it (the Pharisees). Another was juridical-religious, between those who emphasized the importance of the Temple with its rites and services, and those who emphasized the importance of other Mosaic Laws. A specifically religious point of conflict involved different interpretations of the Torah and how to apply it to Jewish life: Sadducees recognized only the Written Torah (), rejecting Prophets, Writings, and doctrines such as the Oral Torah and the resurrection of the dead.