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Pharisees

The Jewish tradition , an introduction

To be a Jewish is to be or relate to the Jews according to their culture and religion . However the exact definition for a person to be considered as a Jewish is a religious , social and a political debate that is still debatable . But according to most definitions a Jew is either born to Jewish parents or becomes one through religious conversion (conversion to Judaism , although Judaism does not seek converts and actively discourages converts

because a person does not need to be a Jew in to be righteous in God 's eyes but conversion to Judaism is possible However it is important to note that being a Jew has nothing to do with what you believe or what you do that is to say that a person who has not undergone the formal conversion but who believes everything that Orthodox Jews believe and observes every law and custom of Judaism is still considered a non-Jew (Answers .com .the definition of a Jew depends on religious , sociological or ethnic whichever approach that might be in identification

A Pharisee

A Pharisee is a person who is separated from a life of purity . But with their lifestyle the Pharisees depended on time , political party or a social movement and were members of an ancient Jewish sect that emphasized strict interpretation and observance of the Mosaic Law both in its oral and written form or a hypocritically self-righteous person

Sadducees were the main opponents of the Jewish religious and political parties of the second commonwealth , who labeled the deviants . The Pharisees upheld an interpretation of Judaism that opposed the priestly Temple cult , but instead stressed faith in one God the define relation of the law both written and oral that was handed down by Moses through Joshua who were the elders and prophets to the Pharisees and the eternal resurrection for those who keep the law . The Pharisees insisted on the strict observance of the Jewish law , which they began to codify On the broad outlines and in agreement with the Jewish law the Pharisees encouraged debate on its fine points and according to one view practiced the tradition of Zuggot or pairs of scholars with opposing views . They developed the synagogue as an alternative place of worship to the Temple , with a liturgy consisting of biblical and prophetic readings also with repetition of the Shma , which was the basic creed of Judaism In addition they supported the separation of the worldly from spiritual spheres ceding the former to the secular rulers . By separating Judaism from dependence on the Temple cult , and by stressing the direct relation between the individual and God , the Pharisees laid the groundwork for normative rabbinic Judaism . Their influence on Christianity was substantial as well , despite the passages in the New Testament which labeled the Pharisees hypocrites ' or offspring of the rippers (Finkel , 1964

Nevertheless the social standing and beliefs of the Pharisees changed over time , as...