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pharisee::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | unpleasant person, disagreeable person |
| Derivation | pharisaic, pharisaical |
- A self-righteous or sanctimonious person
- A member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
- The Pharisees /u02C8fu00E6ru0259u02CCsiu02D0z/ were at various times a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought in the Holy Land during the time of Second Temple Judaism. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism (the term 'Judaism' today almost always refers to Rabbinic Judaism).
- (PHARISEES) One of the parties of first-century Judaism. The Pharisees favored strict legalistic application of traditional interpretations of the Law stemming from oral Jewish traditions. Unlike the Sadducees, they believed in angels and in the resurrection of the dead. ...
- (Pharisees) From the Hebrew word perushim which means separatists. A Jewish religious party composed of the synagogue rabbis and their followers. They formed one of about two dozen Jewish religious groups during the 1st century CE.
- (PHARISEES) a separatist and self-righteous sect in Judaism which prided itself in strict adherence to the Mosaic law, but which attended only to external and trifling details and actually nullified the law by adding to it human traditions
- (Pharisees (38)) "Holy ones" - developed a complex oral tradition of interpretations of the Law. (42): More popular sect. Concerned with following the law. Strong emphasis on education for all, began the rabbinic tradition. Believed in the oral law, angels, the resurrection.
- (Pharisees) (separated ones) - a religious and political party in Palestine in New Testament times. The Pharisees were known for insisting that the law of GOD be observed as the scribes interpreted it and for their special commitment to keeping the laws of tithing and ritual purity.
- (Pharisees) A Jewish religious movement in first-century Palestine that, according to the gospels, opposed Jesus and his teachings.
