# The Shared Table Archive

> The Shared Table Archive is an independent educational publication about Pharisees, Jesus, and the diverse Jewish world of the Second Temple period. It reads Josephus, the New Testament, early rabbinic texts, and modern scholarship as different kinds of evidence rather than flattening them into a morality play.

The Shared Table Archive publishes original, long-form guides about biblical history essays. Every article opens with a concise direct answer, is structured with clear headings and FAQs, and reflects mainstream expert consensus.

## Gospel Context

- [Jesus and the Pharisees: Reading the Disputes in Context](https://jesusandthepharisees.org/jesus-and-the-pharisees-in-context/): Jesus–Pharisee disputes in the Gospels are best read as arguments within first-century Judaism over Sabbath observance, purity, authority, meals, and…

## After the Temple

- [From Pharisees to Rabbinic Judaism: What Continued?](https://jesusandthepharisees.org/pharisees-and-rabbinic-judaism/): Rabbinic Judaism has substantial Pharisaic ancestry, especially in traditions of legal interpretation, named sages, and forms of practice that did not…

## Second Temple Judaism

- [Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes: A Careful Guide](https://jesusandthepharisees.org/pharisees-sadducees-essenes-compared/): Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes were distinct Jewish schools or movements in the Second Temple period, described most systematically by Josephus.
- [Who Were the Pharisees? History Beyond the Stereotype](https://jesusandthepharisees.org/who-were-the-pharisees/): The Pharisees were a Jewish movement or school active in the late Second Temple period, known from Josephus, the New Testament, some later rabbinic…

## Full text for LLMs

- [llms-full.txt](https://jesusandthepharisees.org/llms-full.txt): every article as plain markdown in one file
- Each article is also available as markdown at https://jesusandthepharisees.org/<slug>.md

## Site

- [About](https://jesusandthepharisees.org/about/): editorial approach and standards
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