Sadducees
The Saducees denied the afterlife and only regarded the five books of Moses as authoritative.
Sadducee # a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees # One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.
The Sadducee's were the Jewish sect that denied any kind of resurrection of the body. They also denied any kind of spirit realm.
The Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees professed great devotion to the law, but they were inwardly corrupt, sectarian, hypocritical, and self-righteous; the Sadducees were social aristocrats and religious skeptics who denied such basic doctrines as the resurrection of the body, the existence of angels, the immortality of the soul, and eternal punishment. Jesus said this about them: Matthew 23:13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in".
The Sadducees were a Jewish sect that emerged during the Second Temple period, primarily active from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. They were known for their strict adherence to the Torah and rejection of oral traditions, which distinguished them from the Pharisees. The Sadducees held significant political power, often associated with the priestly class and the Temple in Jerusalem, and they denied beliefs such as the resurrection of the dead and the existence of angels. Their influence waned after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
Jesus had a tense and adversarial relationship with the Sadducees. They were a group of Jewish religious leaders who denied the concept of the afterlife and the resurrection. This brought them into conflict with Jesus, who taught about the resurrection and challenged their authority.
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