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What historical events situations and conditions might account for the diversity within Judaism in the first century?
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∙ 12y ago
I'll limit myself to two answers. One is the fact that for many years the Syrian-Greeks held sway over the Holy Land. This contributed to the fact that a class of secularized Hellenizing Jews rose up, who preferred to dabble in luxuries and politics rather than Torah. This group gave birth to the later Sadducees, who were antagonistic to the Torah Sages and were present during the period mentioned in your question.
The second phenomenon was the Roman hegemony over the Holy Land at that time, which contributed to the motivation of the Jewish Zealots, who eagerly pushed for a futile fight against the Romans.
It should be borne in mind, however, that the Torah Sages and their disciples and sympathizers were the great majority.
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