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Sadducee
[ saj-uh-see, sad-yuh- ]
noun
- a member of a Palestinian sect, consisting mainly of priests and aristocrats, that flourished from the 1st century b.c. to the 1st century a.d. and differed from the Pharisees chiefly in its literal interpretation of the Bible, rejection of oral laws and traditions, and denial of an afterlife and the coming of the Messiah.
Sadducee
/ ˈæʊˌː /
noun
- Judaism a member of an ancient Jewish sect that was opposed to the Pharisees, denying the resurrection of the dead, the existence of angels, and the validity of oral tradition
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, noun
- ˌˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- d·a adjective
- d·i noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Sadducee1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Sadducee1
Example Sentences
“Biblically, when the Old Testament speaks of the Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes, it’s the scribes who were attorneys; they wrote and interpreted the law. They had a specific skill set.”
In doctrine—whereas the Sadducees do not believe in immortality and think the soul dies with the body—the Essenes regard the body as corruptible but hold that the soul is imperishable.
In fact, performance prayer events closely mimic the depictions in early Christian texts of prayer services held by the Pharisees and Sadducees, two of the largest religious movements in Judea during Jesus’s life.
The Jewish leaders who were in charge of the temple and of civil life within Jerusalem were known as the Sadducees.
Some trace the origins further back to the early sects of the Second Temple period, like the Sadducees.
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