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

The Pharisaic view of his time is undoubtedly given, that the canon was then complete and sacred.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

There may have been much of the Pharisaic spirit of self-complacency among the disciples and some of it even among the Twelve.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

He had other opponents than the Judaizers, and had to defend his doctrine against perversion by Grecizing mystics as well as against opposition by Pharisaic legalists.

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