Western Civilization I / Unit 8 WC1 0708 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Roman Palestine: Four Sects and Two Revolts
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The idea
Palestine resented taxation and refused emperor-worship. Its sects: Sadducees, priests keeping every law; Pharisees, all laws for all and a coming messiah; Essenes, desert ascetics; Zealots, armed revolt. The revolt of sixty-six ended with the Temple destroyed in seventy.
In practice
Bar Kokhba, the witnesses' name for the revolt of one thirty-two.
Where people slip
Sadducees and Pharisees rest on the anchor; Essenes and Zealots are witnessed.
Your place on the trail
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