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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] saducee, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sadduce, from Late Latin sadducaeus, from [[Greek]] saddoukaios, from Late Hebrew ṣāddūqi

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] saducee, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sadduce, from Late Latin sadducaeus, from [[Greek]] saddoukaios, from Late Hebrew ṣāddūqi

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

Many [[scholars]] have claimed that etymology of the [[Hebrew]] [[word]] for the Sadducees, צדוקים‎‎, points to a direct [[connection]] between the Sadducees and the House of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadok Zadok], the high Priest under Solomon. Regardless of whether this is true or not, their name, meaning "righteous", is nonetheless indicative of their priestly and [[aristocratic]] characteristics.

Many [[scholars]] have claimed that etymology of the [[Hebrew]] [[word]] for the Sadducees, צדוקים‎‎, points to a direct [[connection]] between the Sadducees and the House of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadok Zadok], the high Priest under Solomon. Regardless of whether this is true or not, their name, meaning "righteous", is nonetheless indicative of their priestly and [[aristocratic]] characteristics.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

* a member of a Jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a traditional ruling class of [[priests]] and rejecting [[doctrines]] not in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Torah the Law] (as [[resurrection]], retribution in a [[future]] life, and the [[existence]] of [[angels]])  

* a member of a Jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a traditional ruling class of [[priests]] and rejecting [[doctrines]] not in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Torah the Law] (as [[resurrection]], retribution in a [[future]] life, and the [[existence]] of [[angels]])  

==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]