Hello Grafted In Reader,
Today is January 7, 2025 in my corner of blog land. Winter is here. Some snow on walks, temps in the mid twenties and low teens, Fahrenheit, daytime, nighttime, respectively. Burr.
For reading pleasure, I am embarking on a 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis, "It Cannot Happen Here". It's 'political science' imagining democracy succumbing to a totalitarian regime. This happens over time in developed subtle ways via the author's construction. Well worth reading!
This post,(The Israelites, its title) like earlier ones from some time ago, takes a brief look at the heritage Christians are indebted to Judaism for passing on to us. I am posting an online overview concerning the First Century existence of a movement known as the Pharisees. The "church" castigates them wholly, and pictures them by behavior and expression as ignorant, uninformed, self-absorbed, self-righteous unloving claiming to serve HaShem (God).
Again, this is an overview not an exhaustive study found through the Google A.I. resource.
I would assert the Pharisees generally exemplify devotion, inclusivity, attempting to be God-fearing, sincere, not entirely misdirected as many would assert. Here is the excerpted presentation in part, thanks to Google A.I.
Off hand, also thank Suzanne J (reader) for her interest in understanding this topic in general. Let's keep learning!
The Pharisees were a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism. Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism.Pharisees
Dissolved: 73 AD
Founded: 167 BC
Headquarters: Jerusalem
Historical leaders: Simeon ben Shetach; Salome Alexandra; Hyrcanus II
Ideology: Theocracy; Oral Torah; Populism;
Pharisees & Sadducees | Definition, Beliefs & Differences Video
As also members of the Sanhedrin, we could think of the Pharisees as the middle-class Jewish rulers of Jesus's day. Holding jobs like merchant, they were more on the level of the masses. Yes, they too were usually wealthier, but they weren't, shall we say, out of touch with the common man.
Pharisees & Sadducees | Definition, Beliefs & Differences
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Comments welcome. Hope we meet again in the near future. May Adonai bless and keep us!
Mellow Rock,
David C. Russell, Author
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