Sects and Parties in the Sanhedrin

Question 1

Why did the Sadducees collaborate with Rome?

Answer 1

Political strategy

Question 2

What was the consequence of the Sadducees’ collaboration with Rome in terms of their reputation?

Answer 2

Hated by their own countrymen and looked upon as traitors

Question 3

Who did the Sadducees claim to be the spiritual heirs of?

Answer 3

Zadok

Question 4

Who appointed Zadok as chief priest?

Answer 4

King David

Question 5

What is the origin of the name “Sadducees”?

Answer 5

Greek word “Saddoukaiou” and its Hebrew equivalent “Zaddukim” or “tsaddiqim”

Question 6

What does the name “Sadducees” or “Zaddukim” refer to?

Answer 6

The righteous ones

Question 7

What class of Jewish society were the Sadducees generally regarded as belonging to?

Answer 7

Wealthy, aristocratic

Question 8

What event led to the disappearance of the Sadducees?

Answer 8

Destruction of the Temple in 70 AD

Question 9

What did the Sadducees believe in?

Answer 9

Torah

Question 10

What did the Sadducees refuse to recognize?

Answer 10

Oral tradition of the Jews

Question 11

What kind of attitude did the Sadducees have towards their religion?

Answer 11

Conservative

Question 12

What concepts did the Sadducees reject?

Answer 12

Existence of angels, immortality, and resurrection

Question 13

According to Ezekiel 40:46, who can approach the altar of the Lord?

Answer 13

Priests, the Zadokites

Question 14

What role did the Sadducees emphasize their inherited right to?

Answer 14

Approaching the altar of the Lord

Question 15

Who were the Sadducees’ intense rival group?

Answer 15

Pharisees

Question 16

What did the Sadducees demand from Jesus to trap him?

Answer 16

A sign from heaven

Question 17

What did the Sadducees tell Jesus did not exist?

Answer 17

Resurrection

Question 18

Who denounced the Sadducees as “blood vipers”?

Answer 18

John the Baptist

Question 19

Who else denounced the Sadducees?

Answer 19

Jesus

Question 20

What religious group were the Pharisees traced from?

Answer 20

Hasideans (Hasidim, the Pious One)

Question 21

What Hebrew word does “Pharisees” come from and what does it mean?

Answer 21

Perushim, meaning the Separated Ones

Question 22

What was the role of the Pharisees after the destruction of the temple in 70 AD?

Answer 22

Ensured the survival and continuity of Judaism through oral tradition

Question 23

What did the Pharisees accept as Scripture in addition to the Pentateuch (TORAH)?

Answer 23

The Prophets and the Writings

Question 24

What highly developed beliefs did the Pharisees possess?

Answer 24

Beliefs in angels and demons

Question 25

Where did the Pharisees make their main venue for the exposition and preaching of the Scripture?

Answer 25

Synagogue

Question 26

What strict practices did the Pharisees advocate and adhere to?

Answer 26

Observance of the Sabbath rest, purity rituals, tithing, and food restrictions

Question 27

How did Jesus condemn the Pharisees in Matthew 25?

Answer 27

As hypocrites and blind guides

Question 28

Who invited Jesus to dine in his house?

Answer 28

Simon the Pharisee

Question 29

What does the term “scribe” etymologically derive from?

Answer 29

Grammateis nomodidaschaoi (Greek), meaning teachers of the law

Question 30

What were scribes in the Old Testament primarily responsible for?

Answer 30

Recording commercial, royal, and religious texts; serving as clerks, secretaries, and archivists at Israel’s royal court and temple

Question 31

In the New Testament, what capacity did scribes have?

Answer 31

Reading and interpreting the Jewish law, both oral and written

Question 32

Who were some members of the scribes?

Answer 32

Pharisees

Question 33

Where did scribes teach and preach?

Answer 33

Synagogues

Question 34

What were scribes opposed to, but upheld?

Answer 34

Sadducees but upheld Pharisaic teachings

Question 35

For what reasons were scribes rejected by Jesus?

Answer 35

Hypocrisy, pride, and false witness