Sadducee

An ancient Jewish sect which was generally composed of the upper socio-economic class of Judea. Sadducees emphasized the primacy of the written Mosaic LawThe Law of Moses generally refers to the first five books of the Bible which are traditionally thought to have been authored by Moses. In addition to ... and temple worship, rejected the need to follow oral traditionThis word comes from a Latin term meaning “to hand down,” that originally referred to the teaching of the apostles as handed down in the churches ..., and denied the existence of spirits and the resurrectionThe doctrine that Jesus’ spiritual essence was reunited with his physical body and that other humans will likewise live again with their spirit or s... of the dead. Sadducees believed in complete free will, while Pharisees leaned emphasized a belief in the sovereignty and foreknowledge of God.