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Pharisee
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Pharisee a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity; they are mentioned only by Josephus and in the New Testament. Unlike the Sadducees, who tried to apply Mosaic law strictly, the Pharisees allowed some freedom of interpretation. Although in the Gospels they are represented as the chief opponents of Christ they seem to have been less hostile than the Sadducees to the nascent Church, with which they shared belief in the Resurrection.
In general use, especially with allusion to the story in Luke of the Pharisee who gave thanks that he was ‘not as other men’, a self-righteous person, a hypocrite.
Recorded in Old English in the form
fariseus, the word comes via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek
Pharisaios, from Aramaic
prīšayyā ‘separated ones’.
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The pharisee and the tax collector: Luke 18:9-14 and Deuteronomy 26:1-15.
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; In the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, Jesus trades in the language of hyperbole: The Pharisee and the tax collector are both caricatures...legitimacy. Nevertheless, the reason the Pharisee incurs God's disapproval in Jesus...
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The case of the Pharisee and the tax collector: justification and social location in Luke's Gospel.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...notions of Jesus, the Pharisee, and the tax collector...Jesus who opposes the Pharisees and who befriends...real story of the Pharisees, the tax collectors...Expectations of justification Pharisees as holy. From the Pharisee's point of view...
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The quest for the historical pharisee: A review essay on Roland Deines; Die Pharisaer
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Deines's new book on the Pharisees?1 In one of the most refreshing...reconstruct than the historical Pharisee. It is against this backdrop...retrieving the historical Pharisee that Roland Deines's book...modern scholars can know of the Pharisees. One must begin an evaluation...
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PHARISEES HAVE RICH RELIGIOUS TRADITION.(RELIGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/20/1996; 700+ words
; ...the misuse of the word Pharisee. ``An exclusively negative picture of the Pharisees is likely to be inaccurate...praised; and in which Pharisees warn Jesus of the risks...was, in fact, a Pharisee. With that in mind...closer to them (the Pharisees) than to other contemporary...
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Matthew 23:2-4: Does Jesus recognize the authority of the Pharisees and does he endorse their halakhah?
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...disciples to practice all that the scribes and Pharisees teach, while at the same time accusing the Pharisees of hypocrisy and of invalidating the word...Jesus does affirm the authority of the Pharisees and that for this reason he endorses their...
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The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector; Luke 18:9-14.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 3/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...exalted." The WORD Pharisee The Pharisees (Greek Pharisaioi...the Pharisees. The Pharisees prayer reflects the...righteousness results from the Pharisees conviction that because...publican as a foil to the Pharisee. The public sinner...
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The judgmental Pharisees; (PART I).(Gentle Breeze)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 3/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...talk of judgmental people, we remember the Pharisees in the Holy Bible. The Pharisees had much respect for the Scriptures and in their...rules, regulations and standards. Later, the Pharisees elevated these rules (their traditional practices...
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Denunciation of the Pharisees.(Opinion)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/12/2009; 648 words
; ...Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to dine...at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that...amp;ldquo;Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse...situation where another Pharisee invited Jesus to dine...any meal with the Pharisees in Luke&rsquo...
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The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.(Reflections Today)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...the problem with the Pharisee is that he does not...humanity. The term "Pharisee" itself means "the...explains in what way the Pharisees at the time of Jesus...separatists:" "The Pharisees," he says, "strove...contamination, the Pharisee shunned the non-Pharisee...
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Denunciation of the Pharisees and scholars of the law.(Reflections Today)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/17/2006; 659 words
; ...table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see...to him, "Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse...boldly denounces the Pharisees - during a dinner hosted by a Pharisee! What makes Jesus...imperfect ways of the Pharisees. All persons have...
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Pharisees
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...Origen and other Fathers, Pharisees were ‘those who...with Essenes and Sadducees . Pharisees appear frequently in the NT...describes himself as a former Pharisee (Phil. 3: 5) and as such...But Paul does not refer to Pharisees in his letters either as special...
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Pharisee
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Pharisee a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished...tried to apply Mosaic law strictly, the Pharisees allowed some freedom of interpretation...with allusion to the story in Luke of the Pharisee who gave thanks that he was ‘...
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guard
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...or Roman) at all is unlikely; how could the Pharisees have requested a guard for the purpose of refuting...rising again’ had come true? Were the Pharisees of 27: 62 the same Pharisees who heard the conversation about Jonah (Matt...
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Sadducees
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and not the oral tradition held by the Pharisees. They are believed to have had a small...they reached an accommodation with the Pharisees, which allowed them to serve as priests...Bibliography: See bibliography under Pharisees.
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Herodians
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...Matt. 22: 16 some Herodians join with Pharisees in putting to Jesus a difficult question...Antipas but their common front with the Pharisees is surprising in that Herod the Great regarded Pharisees as his principal opponents and there is...
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