Jewish Sects
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hebrews | People who are born in Palestine, speak Aramaic, and believe in Jewish practices. |
| Hellenists | Sophisticated, Greek-speaking people who are Jewish with a Greek philosophical background. |
| Pharisees | Scholars and leaders that diligently support laws and traditions. |
| Sadducees | Priestly, aristocratic people who did not believe in afterlife, resurrection, and angels. |
| Samaritans | Half-breeds that worshiped Yahweh but had their own "temple." |
| "God-fearers" | A Gentile who was philosophically barren, accepted teaching of Judaism, but remained uncircumcised. |
| Proselytes | Mostly Gentile women who were "devout converts" to Judaism. |
| Zealots | Jewish right-wing extremists that wanted war against Rome and a Messiah Patriotic. |
| Essenes | Jewish people who withdrew from society and believed in purity. |
| "Gentile" Roman | Gentiles from the philosophical schools. |
| "Gentile" Greek | Gentiles from the Aegean. |
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