pharisaic

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A majority of American Jews today are unaffiliated with the synagogues the Pharisaic rabbis emphasized, and yet 79 percent report feeling "very positive" about being Jewish.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2012

Promptly, John Hyrcanus switched his favor to the pro-Hellenistic Sadducees and the Pharisaic observances were forbidden.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pharisaic Judaism, however, gave the hope of resurrection a deeper moral and religious meaning.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

Peter, Gospel of, 171, 221, 236 Peter, Preaching of, 139 Pharisaic Judaism, 121 Philemon, 88 Philip, Daughters of, 185 f.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner

If there is question of Pharisaic scandal alone, one should not renounce the goods of which one is the custodian, but should resist spoliation as far as one is able.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome