Portrayals of the Pharisees and the Sadducees in the Qumran texts and Josephus

Authors

Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Qumran Chronicle

Volume

25

Issue

1-4

First Page

15

Last Page

28

Abstract

The accuracy of Josephus's portrayals of the three major schools of Jewish thought, namely the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes, continues to be the subject of scholarly debate. A related issue is whether he accurately portrayed the relationships between theses haireseis and the Hasmoneans. This paper uses a variety of Qumran texts often ignored in Josephus studies to suggest that Josephus correctly described political and religious alliances between the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the members of the Hasmonean royal family.

Department

Department of History

Original Publication Date

12-2017

Object Description

1 PDF file (13 pages)

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2017 Enigma Press. Permission to post the article to the institutional repository granted by the publisher.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Atkinson, Kenneth, "Portrayals of the Pharisees and the Sadducees in the Qumran texts and Josephus" (2017). Faculty Publications. 5535.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5535