Josephus portrays the Jewish sects as three schools of philosophy, each with different tenets about the role of God in human affairs. He explains that they subscribe in different degrees to the doctrine of predestination. (171) At this time there were three schools of thought among the Jews, each of which had different opinions concerning human […]
Excerpted from Ancient Israel From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple. Ed. Hershal Shanks. Washington, D.C.- Biblical Archaeology Society, 1999. Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Others Aside from the Temple, the various sects served as the other major religious frameworks in this period. The term “sect” or “sectarian” requires some comment, however. In Christian terminology, a […]
From Text to Tradition Pharisees and Sadducees Historical surveys Lee I. Levine. “The Age of Hellenism- Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom.” Part IV Primary sources Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 171-3- The Sects and God’s Role in Human Affairs Josephus, War II, 119-66- Three Philosophical Schools Josephus, Antiquities XVIII, 11-17- […]