Saducces and Pharisees

Luke Adams
January 30, 2003
Essay #1
Dr. Phillips


During the time of Jesus Christ, the two major religious groups in Israel were the Pharisees and the Sadducees. These two religious sects were very much alike yet they were so different. Together with the high priest, the Pharisees and the Sadducees made up the Sanhedrin which was composed of seventy-two people. Both of these groups came about shortly after the Maccabean revolt which took place about the year 170 B.C.
The Pharisees were more religiously minded, while the Sadducees concentrated more on the political issues o...