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Pharisees

The Pharisees (/ˈfærəsiːz/; Hebrew: פְּרוּשִׁים, romanized: Pərūšīm, lit. 'separated ones') were a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.

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Founded
167 BC
Headquarters
Jerusalem
Dissolved
73 AD
Historical leaders
Simeon ben Shetach · Salome Alexandra · Hyrcanus II
Ideology
Theocracy · Oral Torah · Populism
Religion
Rabbinic Judaism

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related to Sources · 79
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related to Roman period · 44
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related to Innovators or preservers · 37
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related to From Pharisees to rabbis · 36
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related to Early sources · 32
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related to Etymology · 27
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related to Oral Torah · 27
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related to Hasmonean period · 24
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related to Relations with Christianity · 24
Pharisees → Acts, Apostle, Apostolic Council, Arimathea, Baptist, CE, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Church, Gamaliel, It, Jerusalem, Jesus, John, Joseph, Mosaic, New Testament, Nicodemus, Paul
related to A kingdom of priests · 23
Pharisees → Exodus, First, Fundamentally, God, Hasmonean, He, Hellenists, However, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Maccabees, Many, Neusner, Pharisaic, R' Yitzhak Isaac Halevi, Rabbinic, Sadducean, Sadducees, Temple

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PhariseesHistorical leadersSimeon ben Shetach1.00infobox
PhariseesHistorical leadersSalome Alexandra1.00infobox
PhariseesHistorical leadersHyrcanus II1.00infobox
PhariseesIdeologyTheocracy1.00infobox
PhariseesIdeologyOral Torah1.00infobox
PhariseesIdeologyPopulism1.00infobox
PhariseesReligionRabbinic Judaism1.00infobox
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