The Pharisees were not, however, the powerful elite of first-century Judaism. Those were another Jewish sect: the Sadducees, the priestly class that controlled Temple worship and held the most ...

And apparently most Jews were prepared to accept that claim.... Their opponents, of course, were the Sadducees, who were no less pious than the Pharisees, but the Sadducees did not believe in the ...

Tonight is Cross Over Night! The one night when the faithful and not-so-faithful, saints and sinners, judges and the judged, Pharisees and Sadducees, Jews and Gentiles all gather under one roof (the ...