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Compare and Contrast the Pharisees and Sadducees - Introduction to the New Testament with Exegesis
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Assignment One - Compare and Contrast the Pharisees and Sadducees BIBS 121 - Introduction to the New Testament with Exegesis Jonathan Vautier 6681919 19 August 2004 Compare and Contrast the Pharisees and the Sadducees. All religions over the ages have been comprised of subgroups maintaining differing beliefs, apparently these contrasting beliefs becoming more aggressive as time progresses. From church splits to outright sects, religious groups all seem to be subject to this division of beliefs, Judaism being no exception. Within Judaism over the centuries many differing beliefs have formed, discredited and accepted. This essay will compare and contrast two particular groups in the context of first century Palestine, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees and Sadducees in some ways can be likened to the political left / right model used in modern politics. The Pharisees being the left wing liberals, the blue collar working class citizens, among which resided some of...
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