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orion Ancient Jewish Groups
Dale Cannon asked:
> Does anyone know how many and under what names these cults and factions
> existed?
>
> Can I get a list, please.
>
> It might make the present discussion a bit more clear (?).
>
> Dale M. Cannon
> dale.cannon@bbs.nightowl.net
The ancient listings by Philo (Essenes, Therapeutae), Josephus (Sadducees,
Pharisees, Essenes, "4th Philosophy" [Zealots, Sicarii], Samaritans), and
Hegesippus (Essenes, Galileans, Hemerobaptists, Masbotheans, Samaritans,
Sadducees, Pharisees) are probably the earliest and most widely discussed.
Epiphanius and other 4th/5th century Christian authors add other
interesting dimensions to the discussion, and the NT Gospels refer to
Herodians (Mark and Matthew) as well as to Sadducees and Pharisees and
Samaritans.
For a readable, if somewhat dated, discussion, see Marcel Simon, <t>Jewish
Sects at the Time of Jesus</> (Fortress 1967); but any reliable
introduction to Judaism in this period will carry similar information.
Bob Kraft, UPenn