https://jesusandthepharisees.org/ Ancient Jewish debates, read with context and care. en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://jesusandthepharisees.org/what-does-pharisee-mean/https://jesusandthepharisees.org/what-does-pharisee-mean/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT“Pharisee” names a member of a Jewish movement in the Second Temple period. https://jesusandthepharisees.org/when-did-the-pharisees-start/https://jesusandthepharisees.org/when-did-the-pharisees-start/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe Pharisees have no recoverable founding year. Josephus places Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes in a passage set during Jonathan's Hasmonean leadership… https://jesusandthepharisees.org/who-were-the-pharisees/https://jesusandthepharisees.org/who-were-the-pharisees/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe Pharisees were a Jewish movement or school active in the late Second Temple period, known from Josephus, the New Testament, some later rabbinic… https://jesusandthepharisees.org/jesus-and-the-pharisees-in-context/https://jesusandthepharisees.org/jesus-and-the-pharisees-in-context/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTJesus–Pharisee disputes in the Gospels are best read as arguments within first-century Judaism over Sabbath observance, purity, authority, meals, and… https://jesusandthepharisees.org/pharisees-and-rabbinic-judaism/https://jesusandthepharisees.org/pharisees-and-rabbinic-judaism/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTRabbinic Judaism has substantial Pharisaic ancestry, especially in traditions of legal interpretation, named sages, and forms of practice that did not… https://jesusandthepharisees.org/pharisees-sadducees-essenes-compared/https://jesusandthepharisees.org/pharisees-sadducees-essenes-compared/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTPharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes were distinct Jewish schools or movements in the Second Temple period, described most systematically by Josephus.