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Sadducees
Sign in to saveThe 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 contemporary literary sources in contrast to the two other major sects at the time, the Pharisees and the Essenes.
The Sadducees were a Jewish sect that existed in Judea from around the second century BCE until the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. They are historically significant because they were one of three major Jewish sects during this period, alongside the Pharisees and Essenes, and understanding them helps us know what Jewish religious life looked like in ancient times.
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- 167 BCE
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- 73 CE
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- Hellenistic Judaism
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- Judea
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- Etymology
- History
- The Second Temple period
- After the Temple destruction
- Role of the Sadducees
- Religious
- Political
- Beliefs
- General
- Disputes with the Pharisees
- Jewish sectarianism
- Opposition to the Essenes
- Opposition to the early Christian church
- Opposition to the Pharisees
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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 contemporary literary sources in contrast to the two other major sects at the time, the Pharisees and the Essenes.
Josephus, writing at the end of the 1st century CE, associates the sect with the upper echelons of Judean society. As a whole, they fulfilled various political, social, and religious roles, including maintaining the Temple in Jerusalem. The group became extinct sometime after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.