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

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

Paul's thought-forms were supplied by the Old Testament and his Pharisaic education, just as the forms in which we ordinarily express our thoughts to-day belong to the mental atmosphere of our time.

From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

St. Paul had, on the lines of his Pharisaic education, in the first half of his life zealously sought to be justified by works, and had found out his mistake.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles