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   Jesus was to all intents and purposes a Pharisee (in the religious sense). That's why he had the opposition from the Sadducees to his views on the afterlife, which were in line with Pharisaic teaching.

Eventually the Pharisees also rejected him, but the authorities who were threatened most were the Sadducees - advisedly so, since Pharisaic teaching has come to take over pretty well all of Judaism, and the Sadducees are completely vanished.

(Yes, probably someone will come up to a reference to some small group of Sadducees existing somewhere in the world, but I'll risk it.)

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gcle2003 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Immortal Guard Joined: 06-Dec-2004 Location: Luxembourg Status: Offline Points: 7011	Post Options Post Reply Quote gcle2003 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21-Jan-2008 at 15:03
	Jesus was to all intents and purposes a Pharisee (in the religious sense). That's why he had the opposition from the Sadducees to his views on the afterlife, which were in line with Pharisaic teaching. Eventually the Pharisees also rejected him, but the authorities who were threatened most were the Sadducees - advisedly so, since Pharisaic teaching has come to take over pretty well all of Judaism, and the Sadducees are completely vanished. (Yes, probably someone will come up to a reference to some small group of Sadducees existing somewhere in the world, but I'll risk it.)
	Citizen of Ankh-Morpork Never believe anything until it has been officially denied - Sir Humphrey Appleby, 1984.