Compare the religious teachings of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.?

Question

around the time of Jesus.

I've been looking around the internet and can't seem to find any clear answers to this question.

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Well kind of yes, doing a little extra research on the groups ready for an essay question soon.

Answer 1

Sadducees were the old money Jews, who believed once you died, you were dead. The Pharisees teachings are more of what todays Jews follow. After the second temple was destroyed, the Pharisees turned into our current Rabbinic Judaism we have today. Here is what wikipedia says and I have to agree with what it says, I took a class about Judiaism a while ago and this is simular to what our professor said.
For most of their history, Pharisees considered themselves in opposition to the Sadducees. Conflicts between the Sadducees and the Pharisees took place in the context of much broader conflicts among Jews in the Second Temple era, which followed the Babylonian captivity of Judah. One conflict was class, between the wealthy and the poor. Another conflict was cultural, between those who favored hellenization and those who resisted it. A third was juridico-religious, between those who emphasized the importance of the Temple, and those who emphasized the importance of other Mosaic laws and prophetic values. A fourth, specifically religious, involved different interpretations of the Bible (or Tanakh), and how to apply the Torah to Jewish life. These conflicts, practically speaking, define the Second Temple Era, a time when the Temple had tremendous authority but questionable legitimacy, and a time when the sacred literature of the Torah, and Bible or Tanakh were being canonized. Fundamentally, Sadducees and Pharisees took clearly opposing positions concerning the third and fourth conflicts, but at different times were influenced by the other conflicts. In general, whereas the Sadducees were conservative, aristocratic monarchists, the Pharisees were eclectic, popular and more democratic. (Roth 1970: 84) The Pharisaic position is exemplified by the assertion that "A learned mamzer takes precedence over an ignorant High Priest." (A mamzer, according to the Pharasaic definition, is an outcast child born of a forbidden relationship, such as adultery or incest; the word is often, but incorrectly, translated as "illegitimate" or "bastard.")

Answer 2

The main difference, as given in the Bible is that the Sadducees believed there was no resurrection, or angels, or spirits.
The Pharisees believed in all of them.
See the story of Paul's trial in Acts 23 (especially vs. 8)

Answer 3

Pharisees did not believe in the resurrection. sadducees did, is one comparable trait

Answer 4

Homework? Okay, go to this link for the article on pharisees.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11789b.htm

Go to this link for the article on sadducees.
http://www.newadvent.org/