JUDAISM AT THE TIME OF JESUS 6 GROUPS OF PEOPLE PHARISEES SADDUCEES SCRIBES ESSENES ZEALOTS THE POOR

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JUDAISM AT THE TIME OF JESUS6 GROUPS OF
PEOPLEPHARISEESSADDUCEESSCRIBESESSENESZEALOT
STHE POOR

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THE PRARISEES

• WELL-EDUCATED RELIGIOUS LEADERS
• MAIN FOCUS KEEPING JEWS FAITHFUL TO THE LAW.
• BELIEVED IN THE RESURRECTION
• BELIEVED IN ANGELS
• MATTHEW ST. PAUL WERE PHARISEES

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THE SADDUCES

• WERE MOSTLY PRIESTS
• ONLY BELIEVED WHAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE TORAH
• THEY DIDNT BELIEVE IN THE RESSURECTION OR ANGELS
• LARGEST GROUP IN THE SANHEDRIN(THE SUPREME COURT
  OF ISRAEL)

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THE SCRIBES

• INTERPRETED AND TAUGHT THE LAW
• NOT RELIGIOUS GROUP RATHER JEWISH SCHOLARS
• RESPONSIBLE FOR WRTING AND KEEPING RECORDS

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THE ESSENES

• FOLLOWED THE LAW OF MOSES TO LAST DETAIL
• WITHDREW INTO THE DESERT TO AWAIT THE END OF THE
  WORLD
• JOHN THE BAPTIST INFLUENCED BY THIS SECT.
• BELIEVED THAT THE TEMPLE WORSHIP WAS IMPURE.

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THE ZEALOTS

• REBELLIOUS GROUP OF MILITANT JEWS
• FOUGHT FOR JEWISH INDEPENDENCE
• PAYMENT OF TAXES CONSIDERED BLASPHEMY AGAINST
  GOD.
• RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST ROME THAT LED TO
  DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE.

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THE POOR

• MOST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE JEWISH POPULATION
• JESUS MISSION MOSTLY FOR THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE.
• LUKES GOSPEL---TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE
  POOR.

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THE TEMPLE

• MOST SACRED SITE IN ISRAEL
• BUILT BY SOLOMON IN 950 B.C.
• DESTROYED BY BABYLONIANS 586 B.C.
• REBUILT BY HEROD THE GREAT 19 B.C.
• DESTROYED BY THE ROMANS 70 A.D.

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DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE

• ONLY THE PRARISEES AND THE POOR SURVIVE----HOW?
• ESSENESZEALOTSSADDUCEES---FADE AWAY.