The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

In the first century of our era there were many sects and schools in Jewish society. We hear about the Essenes, of course, the Jews of Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls, who separated themselves from the ...

The Sadducees and Resurrection from the Dead (Luke 20, 27-39) This blog is written for the person who wants to enter more thoroughly into the meaning of this conflict story (Sadducees against Jesus) ...

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When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest… From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of ...

From the book of sermons and conversations with Serbian Patriarch Pavle Walk to Eternity: Selected Sermons and Interviews published by Sretensky Monastery. The Sadducees were rationalists; that is, ...