• depictions of Pharisees as self-righteous rule-followers (see also Woes of the Pharisees and Legalism (theology)), the word "pharisee" (and its derivatives:...
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  • proposed by the Pharisees. Rather, they saw the Written Torah as the sole source of divine authority. Later writings of the Pharisees criticized this...
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    exalted.” The New Testament often depicts Pharisees as displaying a punctilious adherence to Jewish law. The Pharisee depicted in this parable went beyond...
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    The Woes of the Pharisees are series of criticisms by Jesus against scribes and Pharisees recorded in Luke 11:37–54 and Matthew 23:1–39. Mark 12:35–40...
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    Simon was a Pharisee mentioned in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 7:36-50) as the host of a meal, who invited Jesus to eat in his house but failed to show him...
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    against the Pharisees. The chapter is also known as the Woes of the Pharisees or the "Seven Woes". In this chapter, Jesus accuses the Pharisees of hypocrisy...
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    Christians, and Pharisees. Some scholars, such as Daniel Boyarin and Paula Fredricksen, suggest that it was at this time, when Christians and Pharisees were competing...
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  • him the Messiah. He also draws the attention of the Pharisees, Jewish religious leaders. The Pharisees claim Jesus is blaspheming God by forgiving sins,...
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    Lestai or Sicarii. The Pharisees were a powerful force in 1st-century Judea. Early Christians shared several beliefs of the Pharisees, such as resurrection...
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    John attacks the Pharisees and Sadducees. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come...
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    identified with Simon the Leper): One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. Behold, a woman...
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  • The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee may refer to: The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Romanino), a c. 1545 oil on canvas painting,...
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    Ragaba and to subsequently share power with the Pharisees. He also requested that she allow the Pharisees to abuse his corpse, believing they would then...
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  • same time as the Pharisees. Like the Pharisees, the Herodians wanted political independence for the Jewish people. Unlike the Pharisees, who sought to restore...
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    Salome Alexandra (category Pharisees)
    Talmud that say, during her husband's reign, that she protected Pharisees and hid Pharisees from his wrath." Nevertheless, the married life of the royal...
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    other Jews, particularly with its sharp criticism of the scribes and Pharisees with the position that through their rejection of Christ, the Kingdom...
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    the Pharisees, the dominant political party in the Great Sanhedrin at the time. Alexander was supported by the minority Sadducees, while the Pharisees under...
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    Luke 15 (category Pharisees)
    And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them." Meyer compares the murmuring of the Pharisees and scribes...
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    centuries took an interest in Josephus's relationship to the sect of the Pharisees.[citation needed] Some[who?] portrayed him as a member of the sect and...
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  • critical of Pharisees. Not all Pharisees, nor all Jews of that time, were legalistic. Though modern language has used the word Pharisee in the pejorative...
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    Yehud Medinata Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Sicarii) Second Temple Judaism (Hellenistic...
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  • order to mislead the Pharisees in their calculation of the new moon. Another point of dispute between the Boethusians and the Pharisees was whether the high...
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    adherence of the Pharisees to the laws and traditions of the Jewish people in the face of assimilation. As Josephus noted, the Pharisees were considered...
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    as hakKof (perhaps "the Monkey", a play on his name for opposing the Pharisees). The family name Caiaphas קַיָּפָה has a few possible origins:[citation...
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  • references to the Pharisees' objections to Jesus' teaching (see Matthew 12:22-32), further opposition is now put forward by a coalition of Pharisees and Sadducees...
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    Female disciples of Jesus God-fearers Herodians Magi Myrrhbearers Nameless Pharisees Prophets Proselytes Sadducees Samaritans Sanhedrin Scribes Seventy disciples...
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  • with Zadok the Pharisee, founded the Zealots, the "fourth sect" of 1st-century Judaism (the first three being the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Essenes)...
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    Hasmoneans. Herod killed all male lineal successors of the Hasmoneans. The Pharisees had long attacked the Hasmoneans as well, as having parentage from Greeks...
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  • is a leading Pharisee in Jerusalem. Madai (Tony Sears) Madai is a leading Pharisee in Wadi Kelt. Lamech (Sergio Lanza) Lamech is a Pharisee in Wadi Kelt...
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    Christians appear to have been closest to that of the Pharisees. Steve Mason notes that for the Pharisees, "the new body is a special, holy body", which is...
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