How is modern science different from what was in the land of Israel 2000 years ago?\u00a0
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The four main sects<\/strong><\/em> of (then religious) thinkers were: Sadducees<\/strong> – conformists to the Greco-Roman rulers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pharisees<\/strong> – purists and devotees to the established canon<\/p>\n\n\n\n Essenes<\/strong> – ‘holy’ ones waiting for Messiah<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zealots <\/strong>– radical and militant ones There were also Scribes, but they were a sort of what Ivor Catt calls Parrots and they weren’t influential – they were often closer either to Pharisees or Sadducees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How is modern science different from what was in the land of Israel 2000 years ago?\u00a0 The four main sects of (then religious) thinkers were: Sadducees – conformists to the Greco-Roman rulers Pharisees – purists and devotees to the established … Continue reading
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An interesting self-test is to think which one (or none, or several) of them each one of us belongs.
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