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Adv NT midterm: party groups
Bi 503 NT religious, political groups
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Bible Studies
Graduate
06/11/2021

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Formed 200 bc (before Maccabees)
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Sadducees
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Formed 165-160 bc (after Macc revolt)
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Pharisees
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Formed 160 bc (end of Macc revolt)
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Essenes
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Formed Ad 6 (Judas' revolt)
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Zealots
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Had wealthy majority
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Sadducees
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Ceased after temple destroyed
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Sadducees
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Aristocratic: upper class, priests
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Sadducees
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Dominant political force until ad 70
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Sadducees
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Upheld literal interpretation of Scripture
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Sadducees
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High regard for sacrificial system
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Sadducees
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Accommodated to Greco-Roman culture
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Sadducees
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Had humanized concept of God
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Sadducees
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Attributed all to free will
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Sadducees
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Odd mix of conservative and liberal
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Sadducees
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Name may mean Separatists
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Pharisees
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Strong link to synagogue
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Pharisees
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Had support from common ppl
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Pharisees
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Withdrew from political arena
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Pharisees
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Key doctrine = oral law
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Pharisees
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Interpreted Scripture allegorically
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Pharisees
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Had strong concept of God
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Pharisees
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Mid view between God's sovereignty, man's free will
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Pharisees
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Upheld resurrection of the dead
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Pharisees
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Had well-developed hierarchy of spirit beings
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Pharisees
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Ethical >theological emphasis
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Pharisees
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Withdrew from mainline Judaism
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Essenes
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Stressed personal piety, asceticism
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Essenes
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Stopped doing animal sacrifices
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Essenes
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Had highly developed system of initiation
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Essenes
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Thought of selves as true Israeli remnant
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Essenes
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Apocalyptic focus
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Essenes
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Believed in 2 messiahs
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Essenes
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Upheld soul immortality
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Essenes
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Accepted resurrection, but not bodily
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Essenes
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Strictly observed Torah's purity laws
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Essenes
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Discouraged marriage
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Essenes
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Attributed all to fate
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Essenes
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Composed of political leaders
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Herodians
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NOT religious group
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Herodians
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urged ppl to accept king's sovereignty
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Herodians
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Accepted Hellenization, foreign rule
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Herodians
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Remnant supporters of Judah the Galilean
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Zealots
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Group ceased at Massada, AD 73
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Zealots
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Nationalistic Jewish party
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Zealots
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Became increasingly violent by mid-1st cent
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Zealots
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Members include Barrabbas, Simon the disciple
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Zealots
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Fierce loyalty to Jewish traditions
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Zealots
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Prophesied coming of (political) salvation
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Zealots
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Opposed using Greek lang in Palestine
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Zealots
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