BM175.P4S24

- Includes bibliographical references - Includes a glossary of terms - Includes a Subject index, Author index and index of Ancient Sources

The Problem of Jewish Groups in Palestine 3 Sadducees , Pharisees , Judaism A Sociological Approach 12 Cultural Anthropology , Apocalypticism , functionalist Social Classes in Palestinian Jewish Society 35 Roman empire , Eisenstadt , governing class Social Relations and Groups in Palestine 50 voluntary associations , Hellenistic , Boissevain The Pharisees and Sadducees 79 John Hyrcanus , Samaias , Herod Josephus Descriptions 107 John Hyrcanus , Nicolaus of Damascus , Flavius Josephus Paul the Pharisee 134 Jews , Cilicia , Syria The Pharisees Scribes and Sadducees 144 Gospel of Mark , Capernaum , scribes and Pharisees in LukeActs and John 174 Sanhedrin , synoptic gospels , Jews The Pharisees and Sadducees 199 Boethusians , Tosefta , Shammai The Social Roles of Scribes in Jewish Society 241 Ben Sira , hasideans , scribes The Place of the Pharisees in Jewish Society 277 Pesher , Herod Antipas , Geza Vermes The Sadducees and Jewish Leadership 298 Boethusians , oral Torah , Tosefta Glossary of Sociological Terms 309 NTS New Testament Studies 29 Ben Sira , hasideans , Jesus NovTest Novum Testamentum 270 Pesher , oral Torah , Geza Vermes RSR Religious Studies Review 305 Antigonus of Soko , Social Movement , Boethus

This volume offers an excellent discussion of the role of the Pharisees, scribes, and Sadducees in Palestinian Jewish society. Applying a sociological approach to the biblical and literary sources, Anthony Saldarini accurately portrays these three most prominent groups of educated leaders in Jewish society and describes their relationship to other Jewish social movements from 200 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.