SADDUCEES. The Sadducees were one of the main Jewish political and religious groups (usually termed "sects") of the Second Temple period. By about the reign of John Hyrcanus I (135–104 BCE), they were a recognizable aristocratic...

Sect of the Second *Temple period. The Sadducees were the hereditary *priests of the *Temple and supervised the *sacrifices. The name is probably derived from *Zadok, King *Solomon’s *High Priest. They dominated the *Sanhedrin and were in...

The self-designation of the members of the *Qumran sect. The *High Priesthood was no longer held by members of the Zadokite family when the *Dead Sea Scrolls were written. The members of the Qumran sect believed themselves to be the remaining faithful...

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(ProQuest Information and Learning: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) The Pharisees and the Sadducees: An Examination of Internal Jeivish History, by Julius Wellhausen. Translated by Mark E. Biddle. Mercer Library of Biblical Studies 4. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2001. Pp. viii +...

THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES: AN EXAMINATION OF INTERNAL JEWISH HISTORY. By Julius Wellhausen. Translated from the German by Mark E. Biddle. Mercer Library of Biblical Studies, vol. 4. Macon: Mercer University, 2001. Pp. viii + 115. $30. This translation of Wellhausen's 1874...