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==Description==

==Description==

The '''Sadducees''' ([[Hebrew]]: צדוקים‎‎ Tzedukim) were a [[sect]] or group of [[Jews]] that were active in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Israel Ancient Israel] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Second Temple] period, starting from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century_BC 2nd century BC] through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#Destruction destruction of the Temple] in 70 AD. The sect was identified by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus] with the [[Aristocracy|upper social and economic echelon]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean Judean] society, and may have been comprised originally of members of the priestly clan. As a whole, the [[sect]] fulfilled various [[political]], [[social]] and religious roles, including maintaining [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the Temple]. The Sadducees are often compared to other contemporaneous sects, including the [[Pharisees]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essenes Essenes], and the Early Christian movement. Their sect is believed to have become extinct sometime after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#Destruction destruction of Herod's Temple] in [[Jerusalem]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_AD 70 AD], but it has been speculated that later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaite Karaites] may have had some roots or connections with old Sadducee views.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees]

The '''Sadducees''' ([[Hebrew]]: צדוקים‎‎ Tzedukim) were a [[sect]] or group of [[Jews]] that were active in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Israel Ancient Israel] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Second Temple] period, starting from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century_BC 2nd century BC] through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#Destruction destruction of the Temple] in 70 AD. The sect was identified by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus] with the [[Aristocracy|upper social and economic echelon]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean Judean] society, and may have been comprised originally of members of the priestly clan. As a whole, the [[sect]] fulfilled various [[political]], [[social]] and religious roles, including maintaining [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the Temple]. The Sadducees are often compared to other contemporaneous sects, including the [[Pharisees]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essenes Essenes], and the Early Christian movement. Their sect is believed to have become extinct sometime after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#Destruction destruction of Herod's Temple] in [[Jerusalem]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_AD 70 AD], but it has been speculated that later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaite Karaites] may have had some roots or connections with old Sadducee views.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees]

 

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]