What is a sadducee?

Answer 1

The Sadducees split off from the Pharisees around 200 BCE. The movement was made up of the priests and aristocrats of Jewish society. The did not accept the validity of the Oral Torah and believed in a strict, narrow, and unchanging interpretation of the written Torah. Examples of some beliefs they rejected are: immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the dead, and the existence of angels. They were Temple centric and would sometimes buy their way into the office of High Priest. Even though they took such a narrow view in regard to Torah interpretation, they were strong assimilationists in terms of society and adopted the ways of Greek culture. The Sadducees died out with the destruction of the Second Temple.
The Sadducees split off from the Pharisees around 200 BCE. The movement was made up of the priests and aristocrats of Jewish society. The did not accept the validity of the Oral Torah and believed in a strict, narrow, and unchanging interpretation of the written Torah. Examples of some beliefs they rejected are: immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the dead, and the existence of angels. They were Temple centric and would sometimes buy their way into the office of High Priest. Even though they took such a narrow view in regard to Torah interpretation, they were strong assimilationists in terms of society and adopted the ways of Greek culture. The Sadducees died out with the destruction of the Second Temple.

Answer 2

In the early part of the first century CE, Judaism was comprised of quite a few different sects or, in modern Christian terms, denominations. The main two sects were the Sadducees and the Pharisees. The Sadducees were the sect favoured by the rich and powerful of Judea, and usually had the main role in administering the Temple.

AnswerThe Sadducees split off from the Pharisees around 200 BCE. The movement was made up of the priests and aristocrats of Jewish society. The did not accept the validity of the Oral Torah and believed in a strict, narrow, and unchanging interpretation of the written Torah. Examples of some beliefs they rejected are: immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the dead, and the existence of angels. They were Temple centric and would sometimes buy their way into the office of High Priest. Even though they took such a narrow view in regard to Torah interpretation, they were strong assimilationists in terms of society and adopted the ways of Greek culture. The Sadducees died out with the destruction of the Second Temple.