Rise of Pharisees and Sadducees
Two major Jewish sects emerge: Pharisees (oral law, resurrection belief) and Sadducees (temple aristocracy, no resurrection). Both feature prominently in the Gospels.
Did You Know?
Both feature prominently in the Gospels..
This event is dated to approximately c. 150-100 BC in biblical chronology.
This took place at or near Jerusalem.
Key Passage
Rise of Pharisees and Sadducees
Matthew 3:7
7ut when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Meanwhile in the World
Alexander the Great conquers from Greece to India (330s BC). Greek culture spreads everywhere (Hellenization). Rome rises to dominate the Mediterranean. The Maccabean revolt occurs. Julius Caesar is assassinated (44 BC). The Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) is translated in Alexandria.
Maccabean Revolt (167 BC), rise of Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes; Dead Sea Scrolls community