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- noun The
practices ,beliefs , orcharacteristics of theSadducees .
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Examples
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Christianity was a form of Judaism, as much as Pharisaisim, Sadduceeism, or Essenism were.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ann Coulter, Christian Chauvinist: 2007
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And on this and on other matters he thought he would compromise with his conscience, and that Sadduceeism was a very convenient and good-humoured profession of faith.
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If the older Halakah is to be considered as the product of the internal struggle between Phariseeism and Sadduceeism, the Halakah of Akiba must be conceived as the result of an external contest between Judaism on the one hand and Hellenism and Hellenistic Christianity on the other.
Hertzberg & Yoffie On The Future of Zionism | Jewschool 2003
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We observe presently, that the foundations of Sadduceeism were laid in the days of Ezra, before there were any Sadducees: in his days also, I suspect, the foundations of Pharisaism were laid long before there were any
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Sadduceeism was annihilated; the Zealots were exterminated; the austere sentiment of the Pharisees, continually looking back to ancient customs and institutions, tried to assert itself.
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Sadduceeism, as their ancestors had fallen into Phœnician and Egyptian idolatry.
Sermons on Faith and Doctrine by the Late Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol College 1817-1893 1901
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Yet what with the corruption of the Stuarts, the Phariseeism of the Puritans, and the Sadduceeism of the Church, England was in such a state, that before his death he had gathered about him a vast body of devoted followers, whose patient endurance of persecution is a marvel.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Puritans, and the Sadduceeism of the Church, England was in such a state, that before his death he had gathered about him a vast body of devoted followers, whose patient endurance of persecution is a marvel.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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Sadduceeism preferred against him by his adversary.
The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur Emile Joseph Dillon 1894
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The reaction of superstition, it has been said, is to infidelity; and the reaction from Pharisaism was to Sadduceeism.
John the Baptist 1888
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