he tradition of the Pharisees because it symbolized an antiquated legal and religious perspective to their worldview. The Sadducees would cease to exist with the fall of the Jewish state in the first century AD.
Unlike the Pharisees who rejected all Hellenistic influences, the Sadducees represented a group of aristocrats who modified the Hellenistic views and culture, though they remained loyal to the Jewish religion. The Sadducees were seen as aristocratic because they were composed of prie
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