SCRIPTURE INTERPRETATION
1 BC – 1 AD
Sadducee > They were secular upper-class nobility and believed in the written Torah. Did not believe in the supernatural and had a Hellenistic viewpoint with total free will.
Pharisee > They were literal and believed in the oral Torah, resurrection and the afterlife. Common people like the merchants and businessmen. Some free will but destiny was controlled by God.
Essene > Believed in the prophet Moses and predestination.
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