Pharisees

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Jewish religious group Second Temple period sect

The Pharisees were a prominent Jewish religious and political group during the Second Temple period, known for their emphasis on oral law, strict observance of religious commandments, and influence on later Rabbinic Judaism.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Pharisees canonical 15
Pharisaic Judaism 3
House of Hillel 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious group ⓘ
Second Temple period sect ⓘ
activeInCentury 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
activeInPeriod Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple period
believedIn angels ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
reward and punishment in the afterlife ⓘ
centeredOn study of Torah ⓘ
synagogue worship ⓘ
contrastedWith Temple priesthood ⓘ
emphasized Sabbath observance ⓘ
Torah observance ⓘ
dietary laws ⓘ
oral law ⓘ
purity laws ⓘ
ethnoreligiousIdentity Jews ⓘ
evolvedInto Rabbinic sages ⓘ
inConflictWith Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean rulers

Herodian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Herodian rulers
influenced Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Hebrew root meaning 'separated' or 'set apart' ⓘ
opposed Hellenizing tendencies ⓘ
opposedBy Essenes ⓘ
Sadducees ⓘ
originatedIn Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean period
politicalRole influential in Jewish society ⓘ
participants in Sanhedrin ⓘ
region Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
socialBase common people ⓘ
scribes ⓘ
teachers of the law ⓘ
sourceFor Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
supported application of law to daily life ⓘ
expansion of purity laws beyond the Temple ⓘ
survivedEvent destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
viewedOralLawAs authoritative interpretation of Torah ⓘ
viewedScriptureAs authoritative written Torah ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Second Temple in Jerusalem → associatedGroup → Pharisees ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → emergedFrom → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
Second Temple Judaism → hasSect → Pharisees ⓘ
Parable of the Prodigal Son → isAddressedTo → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisees and scribes
Judah ha-Nasi → dynasty → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Hillel
Sadducees → contrastedWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Sadducees → conflictWith → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaic rabbis
Zealots → sometimesContrastedWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Herodian → conflictWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Alexander Jannaeus → conflictWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Salome Alexandra → associatedWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Hasmonean civil war → involved → Pharisees ⓘ
Parable of the Lost Sheep → addressedTo → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisees and scribes (in Luke’s account)
derived from Zadok → opposedSect → Pharisees ⓘ
subject surface form: Sadducees
Herodians → alliedWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Saint Paul → convertedFrom → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai → movement → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
Alexander Yannai → conflict → Pharisees ⓘ
Alexander Yannai → politicalFactionOpposed → Pharisees ⓘ
Yannai → conflictWith → Pharisees ⓘ
Shlomtzion → supported → Pharisees ⓘ
Shlomtzion → associatedReligionMovement → Pharisees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaism
Nicodemus → socialGroup → Pharisees ⓘ