Sadducees

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Jewish sect religious group

The Sadducees were a Jewish sect of the Second Temple period, largely composed of priestly and aristocratic elites, known for their strict adherence to the written Torah and denial of beliefs like resurrection and angels.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sadducees canonical 10
Boethusian family 1
Boethusian high priesthood 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish sect ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
activeInPeriod Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple period
associatedWithInstitution Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem Temple

Rabbinic courts ⓘ
surface form: Sanhedrin
conflictWith Pharisees ⓘ
surface form: Pharisaic rabbis

early Christians ⓘ
contrastedWith Essenes ⓘ
Pharisees ⓘ
country Judea ⓘ
disappearanceDate after 70 CE ⓘ
disappearedAfterEvent destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
doctrine strict adherence to written Torah ⓘ
eschatology minimal or non-existent eschatological expectations ⓘ
etymologyProposed derived from Zadok ⓘ
geographicCenter Jerusalem ⓘ
governanceRole influential in Temple administration ⓘ
influential in judicial decisions ⓘ
heldOffice high priesthood ⓘ
influencePeak late Second Temple period ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
membershipBasis hereditary priestly families ⓘ
wealthy landowning families ⓘ
politicalRole collaborated with ruling authorities ⓘ
part of Judean ruling class ⓘ
positionOnAfterlife denied afterlife rewards and punishments ⓘ
positionOnFate emphasized human free will ⓘ
positionOnOralLaw rejected Pharisaic oral tradition ⓘ
region Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
rejectsBeliefIn angels ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
spirits ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousBranchOf Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
religiousLawApproach literal interpretation of written law ⓘ
religiousText Torah ⓘ
socialClass aristocratic elite ⓘ
priestly elite ⓘ
sourceMention Flavius Josephus ⓘ
surface form: Josephus

New Testament ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis Temple cult and sacrificial system ⓘ
priestly purity laws ⓘ
viewedByOpponentsAs overly Hellenized ⓘ
viewedScriptureAs Pentateuch as primary authority ⓘ
viewOnMessiah no clear developed messianic doctrine preserved ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Temple in Jerusalem → associatedGroup → Sadducees ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → contrastsWith → Sadducees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sadducean Judaism
Second Temple Judaism → hasSect → Sadducees ⓘ
Pharisees → opposedBy → Sadducees ⓘ
Zealots → opposedJewishGroup → Sadducees ⓘ
Alexander Jannaeus → alliedWith → Sadducees ⓘ
Mariamne II → family → Sadducees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boethusian family
Mariamne II → associatedWith → Sadducees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boethusian high priesthood
Salome Alexandra → opposedGroup → Sadducees ⓘ
Hasmonean civil war → involved → Sadducees ⓘ
Alexander Yannai → politicalFactionAlignedWith → Sadducees ⓘ
Yannai → allianceWith → Sadducees ⓘ
Simon ben Boethus → memberOf → Sadducees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boethusian priestly family
Simon ben Boethus → associatedWith → Sadducees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boethusians
Shlomtzion → opposed → Sadducees ⓘ