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Sadducees Explained: The Torah-Only Priestly Elite of Ancient Judaism

The Sadducees were a powerful Jewish sect during the Second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE), composed of priests, aristocrats, and Temple elites. They held immense authority in Jerusalem, dominated the Sanhedrin, and maintained close ties with Roman rulers. Unlike the Pharisees, the Sadducees accepted only the Written Torah—the Five Books of Moses—and rejected the Oral Torah, the resurrection of the dead, angels, and the afterlife.

Their theology centered on Temple sacrifice, priestly rituals, and strict legal interpretation. But when the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE, their power base vanished. Within a generation, they disappeared from Jewish life entirely—leaving Rabbinic Judaism, shaped by their Pharisee rivals, as the foundation for modern Jewish thought.

In this episode, we explore:

The origins and rise of the Sadducean elite

Their conflict with the Pharisees and Essenes

Their literalist interpretation of the Torah

Why they vanished after the Temple’s destruction

What modern Judaism inherited—and what it rejected—from them

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