Religous Groups Flashcards
The Pharisees where known as?
The separated ones
What where the Pharisees kept from?
“Sinful” people
They had a superior what?
Attitude
What did they keep strictly?
The law
Believed in?
Angels, spirits, resurrection.
What class were the sadducees?
A wealthy class of people
Many people belonged to
Priestly families
They accepted?
The first 5 books - Torah
What was their relationship between the Romans
Worked alongside Romans
What did they not do?
Didn’t believe in angels, spirits, resurrection
What type of job did the Scribes have?
Lawyers
What did other people have for the Scribes
Great respect
They were experts in the 1. _____, 2._______ it out.
1.law 2.copied
They made extra laws what were they called?
Oral laws
The Essenes were 1._______ than the 2._________
- Stricter 2. Pharisees
They wrote 1._______ & copied 2._________
- Books 2. Scriptures
They went back into the what?
Desert
In what year where their writings discovered?
1948
What were the writings found called?
Dead Sea Scrolls
What were the Zealots
A Paramilitary organisation
What did the Zealots hate?
The Romans
They would 1.________ & 2.________ Romans passing by.
- Hide 2. Kill
How did they take matters into their own hands in a quick summary?
All Zealots went on a hill surrounded by Romans and killed themselves
The Samartains: Jews in the past would be 1._______ by other 2._______
- Taken 2. Nations
Married people who 1.______ Jews & lived in 2._______ 3.________
- Weren’t 2. Different 3. Culture
When they returned they were seen as what?
Half breed & inferior
