One of the three orders of Jews during the Second Temple period; noted for strict observance of rites and interpretation of the law; their teachings concerned the immortality of the soul, resurrection of the body, future retribution, and a coming Messiah.
A dominant religious group which held to a strict interpretation of the Torah. ( More)
Probably the most influential religious party among the Jews during the time of Jesus. They were extremely zealous in their commitment to the Law and to "the tradition of the Elders" - a body of ideas and code of conduct that had become at the time so complex it could only be mastered by trained scholars.
A Jewish sect. Etymologically, it means the separate ones. Contemporary Judaism is the inheritor of the work of Pharisee rabbis.
(pah-ROOSH / pe-roo-SHEEM) n. sing. Pharisee; pl. Pharisees; Perushim; The Perushim and the Tsedukim were the two main groups of the religious establishment in the time of Yeshua. The Perushim focused on the Torah and what it requires of ordinary people, rather than on the Temple ritual. When the Temple was destroyed in 70 c.e., the Perushim developed their tradition into the basis for Jewish life everywhere; this tradition is the core of the Talmud and of modern religious Judaism.
(PHAR·i·sees). The religious fundamentalists, the ultra-orthodox cult, of first-century Judaism noted for their strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law, and for insistence on the validity of the traditions of the elders. More Information.
A Jewish sect in the Second Temple period, whose name derives from perushim, "to separate", they were the forerunners of the rabbis who developed notion of the "oral law" and extended body of civil and ritual law based on the Torah (the Bible).
One of the parties of first-century Judaism. The Pharisees favored strict legalistic application of traditional interpretations of the Law stemming from oral Jewish traditions. Unlike the Sadducees, they believed in angels and in the resurrection of the dead. The Pharisees were generally hostile to the mission of Christ, who condemned their excessive legalism and their preoccupation with outward forms, ignoring true righteousness of the heart. See Matt. 3:7; 12:14; 22:34; 23:13-36. See also SADDUCEES.
A group of Jews who lived in the late Second Temple period and advocated a democratization of Jewish ritual law so that the common people could partake in the sanctification that priests enjoyed. The Pharisees believed not only in written Torah, but in their own interpretation of that instruction (oral Torah). Their oral Torah included the extension of laws for priestly separation to lay people, as well as a belief in resurrection from the dead.
Means "the separate ones." Descended from the Hasidim ("pious ones"); considered obedience to Torah to be the heart of a godly life. Constituted the largest Jewish sect during Jesus' lifetime; exerted great control over society through synagogues.
a religious group in Judaism at the time of Jesus which stood in high esteem as scribes. Due to their negative representation in the New Testament became an expression for pedantry and bigotry. [ From the Golden Chalice - Barrabas
(from Hebrew perushim, "separatists"; adj. pharisaic). The name given to a group or movement in early Judaism, the origin and nature of which is unclear; many scholars identify them with the later sages and rabbis who taught the oral and written torah; according to Josephus and the New Testament, the Pharisees believed in the immortality of souls and resurrection of the dead, in a balance between predestination and free will, in angels as active divine agents, and in authoritative oral law; in the early Christian materials, Pharisees are often depicted as leading opponents of Jesus/Joshua and his followers, and are often linked with "scribes" but distinguished from the Sadducees.
movement of Judaism that existed around the time of the dawn of Christianity. It is the forerunner of rabbinic Judaism, which encompasses all of the movements of Judaism in existence today.
The word Pharisees comes from the Hebrew ×¤×¨×•×©×™× prushim from פרוש parush, meaning a "detached" one, that is, one who is separated for a life of purity. (Ernest Klein, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language) The Pharisees were, depending on the time, a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). After the destruction of the Second Temple, the Pharisaic sect was re-established as Rabbinic Judaism — which ultimately produced normative, traditional Judaism, the basis for all contemporary forms of Judaism, with the possible exception of the Karaites.
