Biography sadducee

Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE

The Sadducees (; Hebrew: צְדוּקִים, romanized: Ṣəḏūqīm, lit. 'Zadokites') were a sect of Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

The Sadducees are described in contemporary literary sources in contrast to the two other major sects at the time, the Pharisees and the Essenes.

Josephus, writing at the end of the 1st century CE, associates the sect with the upper echelons of Judean society.^[1] As a whole, they fulfilled various political, social, and religious roles, including maintaining the Temple in Jerusalem.

Biography sadducee

The group became extinct sometime after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

Etymology

The English term entered via Latin from Koinē Greek: Σαδδουκαῖοι, romanized: Saddukaioi.

The name Zadok is related to the root צָדַק, ṣāḏaq