{"id":69070,"date":"2024-07-28T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=69070"},"modified":"2024-07-28T18:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T23:56:45","slug":"jewish-sects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Sects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Fred Shewmaker<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/truthmagazine.com\">Truth Magazine<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-some-terms-considered\/\">Some Terms Considered<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-pharisees\/\">Pharisees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-sadducees\/\">Sadducees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-essenes\/\">Essenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-zealots-and-herodians\/\">Zealots and Herodians<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Fred Shewmaker via Truth Magazine Some Terms Considered Pharisees Sadducees Essenes Zealots and Herodians<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[646,1487],"class_list":["post-69070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-judaism","tag-sect"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69073,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-some-terms-considered\/","url_meta":{"origin":69070,"position":0},"title":"Jewish Sects: Some Terms Considered","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Fred A. Shewmaker via Truth Magazine XVI: 6, pp. 9-11 December 9, 1971 Available sources of information on this subject are quite limited, and much of the information available is questionable regarding its accuracy. Nevertheless, I believe that studying this subject will be profitable. Those who pursue such a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69084,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-zealots-and-herodians\/","url_meta":{"origin":69070,"position":1},"title":"Jewish Sects: Zealots and Herodians","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Fred A. Shewmaker via Truth Magazine, XVI: 14, pp. 6-8 February 10, 1972 Josephus referred to the Zealots as \"the fourth sect of Jewish philosophy,\" as we noticed in the first article of this series, \"Some Terms Considered.\" In that article, we classified the Zealots as a political party.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69093,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-essenes\/","url_meta":{"origin":69070,"position":2},"title":"Jewish Sects: Essenes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Fred A. Shewmaker Origin, Name, and Organization via Truth Magazine, XVI: 12, pp. 6-7 January 27, 1972 There is no record in the Bible that the Essenes ever existed. Their importance as far as Christians are concerned can probably be easily gauged by this fact. Certain scholars have speculated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69079,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-sadducees\/","url_meta":{"origin":69070,"position":3},"title":"Jewish Sects: Sadducees","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Fred A. Shewmaker Origin, Influence, and Theological Outlook via Truth Magazine, XVI: 10, pp. 6-8 January 13, 1972 The Sadducees were second in importance to the Pharisees of the five Jewish Sects. They are mentioned in the Bible far more than the remaining three sects. This sect emerged after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29965,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/god-is-not-the-author-of-confusion\/","url_meta":{"origin":69070,"position":4},"title":"God Is NOT the Author of Confusion","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant To authenticate the title, consider its source. Paul wrote in I Corinthians 14:33: \"for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.\" There are two significant points made. God is not the author of the confusion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69089,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jewish-sects-pharisees\/","url_meta":{"origin":69070,"position":5},"title":"Jewish Sects: Pharisees","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Fred A. Shewmaker Proselytes and Traditions via Truth Magazine, XVI: 7, pp. 8-9 December 16, 1971 The Pharisees were by far the largest sect among the Jews. They are mentioned in the New Testament more often than other Jewish sects. The origin of this sect is somewhat obscure. 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