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New Testament Religious Parties
- Joseph. wrote about all of them
- Was a Pha.
- Therefore biased
- PHARISEES
- Name meant
'separate one'
- Strict observers of the Law
- Ezra (Pha) redefined
Judaism after Exile (Ezra7:10)
- Schaper thinks
this is a myth
- Thinks they
developed in the
Hellenistic period
- People had more time to
think and question religious
authorities
- Responsible for
synagogue movement
- Sought to be pure and
holy in everyday life
- Try to obey every
Law entirely
- Concentrated with spiritual purity
- Associated with
clean people
- They did not insist everyone
should follow purity Laws
- Mishnah states that grapes
from a graveyard were unclean
- If done, then the harvest would be impure
- Leviticus 19:2 : ‘You shall
be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy’
- However purity may have been a
reaction against R.Occ
- If they stuck to religious Laws it shows
them being unaffected by R.Rule
- Or if they clung to religious Laws
then G would drive the R. out!
- Had an extra 'Oral Law'
- Provided commentary on OT
- Saw it as a guide to
everyday living
- ESSENES
- Hardly referenced
to before the DSS
- Began in 152BCE
- Appointed their
own HP
- 2 TYPES OF ESSENES
- Lived in towns
- Completely split from society
- Gave all their
possessions away
- Celibate
- Monk-like
- Lived on the shore
of the DSea
- Only ever 200 at a time
- Were not Celibate
- Believed 'the end is nigh'
- Believed that G would appoint them as
people of G and destroy their enemies
- Saw themselves as true Israel
- They were 'sons of light'
- Other Jews were 'sons of darkness'
- 'Bathe themselves in cold water...' - Joseph.
- OBSESSED with purity
- Extended rituals to
everyday life
- Bathed twice a day,
before every meal
- NO WINE - forbidden in the Temple
- Purity was a ‘badge of membership’ NT Wright
- NO FREE WILL
- Believed in
predestination
- However members were
seen as volunteers
- 2 Messiahs
- Messiah
of Israel
- Warrior
- Messiah
of Aaron
- Priestly
- No mention of Israel
- Eternal life for themselves
- Damnation for others
- Rejected the Temple
- The Sadd. had
corrupted it
- The community
functioned as a Temple
- Worship acted as sacrifice
- HOWEVER THIS WAS TEMP
- When their
enemies were
defeated G would
create a new
Temple
- Would be the size of Israel
- It would be made from Gold and Jewels
- They even had a blueprint
- The Law
- Enforced Sabbath
Laws (Law of Moses)
- No work or talk of work on Sabbath
- Servants could not
carry your children
- No perfume
- Influence?
- Had none, and
didn't want any
- SADDUCEES
- ZEALOTS