The story concludes with Jesus standing trial before a group of religious leaders who did not believe a (semi)divine messiah was coming to restore the Davidic kingdom. These were the Sadducees. Had it ...

The Sadducees and Resurrection from the Dead Luke 20 27-39 This blog is written for the person who wants to enter more thoroughly into the meaning of this conflict story Sadducees against Jesus ...

The Sadducees' interpretation seems much more in line with the plain meaning of our Biblical text, "on the morrow of the Sabbath". For the Pharisees, Shabbat in this context must be taken to mean ...

Also like the Sadducees, whose king-priests were always accused of disregarding the Torah, they have chosen a leader who does not observe the Jewish Laws they would impose on others; compare the ...

This week, we marked the 1,945th anniversary of the destruction of the Temple and the loss of our sovereignty. What happened that day set into motion a chain of events that has led you to read ...

The Sadducees, who assume they know God and the Law better than others, have failed to understand the Scriptures. They will face a living God in the afterlife.

The Sadducees were engaged for the most part in the temple. When the temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, most of the Sadducees ceased to exist.

Recently we began looking at claims that the Jewish historian Josephus (A.D. 37-c. 100) said that his people believed in reincarnation. This is not true. As we’ve already seen, there were two ...

The Messiah Confrontation: Pharisees Versus Sadducees and the Death of Jesus Israel Knohl. Jewish Publication Society, $29.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8276-1553-3 ...