‘Henceforth the powerful priesthood and the Sadducean nobility of Jerusalem, heavily involved financially in the temple, join as Jesus mortal enemies.’
‘The writer was very Sadducean and nationalistic; he selected personalities to feature according to his own ideas.’
‘The Sadducean rejection of belief in bodily resurrection and in reward in a life to come is not surprising, for these beliefs arose only in the two centuries or so before the time of Jesus.’
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