figures Flashcards
1
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Pharisees
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authority of sages/rabbis following written and oral law inn the Sanhedrin court
2
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Therapeutae
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contemplative philosophical sect based in Egypt: communal rules and gender equality
3
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Sadducees
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associated with hereditary priests who controlled temple worship/rejected oral laws
4
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Essenes
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strict purity laws/male centric halakhah
5
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Charedi
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‘fearful’ adherents of very traditional Judaism
6
Q
Chassidic
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revivalist movement founded in 18th C Poland by Rabbi Baal Shem Tov - consultation of ‘rebbe’
7
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Samaritan
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Jewish community with ties to Mt Gerizim
8
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Persians
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responsible for the restoration of the temple
