There are no extant writings composed by Sadducees, and the authors who discuss the Sadducees opposed them. Moreover, it appears that the general Jewish population was never beholden to them, raising ...

Jesus silences the Sadducees by elevating the discourse about eschatology. Then the Pharisees take their shot: today’s Gospel. The Pharisees were focused on the Law.

While the Pharisees and Sadducees had carved out their own identities within Judaism, Jesus preached to both groups. The “other sheep” were not alien to him.

We’re all more like the scribes and Pharisees than we’d like to be in this respect. Even when we know the truth about something and proclaim that truth out loud, we still struggle to do what ...

New Testament scholars Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine share a goal: dissect and demolish 2,000 years of Christians’ disparaging portrayals of the Pharisees, the Jewish rabbis of Jesus’s time.

The Pharisees didn’t either, he said, to the displeasure of Jesus, who castigated them for being full of greed and self-indulgence. King says it’s time to speak out against the dishonest and ...