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==Authorities==

==Authorities==

The main written authorities for the teaching of the Sadducees are the New Testament and the works of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. According to the former, the Sadducees denied the resurrection of the body, and did not believe in angels or spirits (Mt 22:23; Acts 23:8). More can be learned from Josephus, but his evidence is to be received with caution, as he was a Pharisee and, moreover, had the idea that the Sadducees were to be paralleled with the Epicureans. The Talmud is late; before even the Mishna was committed to writing (circa 200 AD) the Sadducees had ceased to exist; before the Gemara was completed (circa 700 AD) every valid tradition of their opinions must have vanished. Further, the Talmud is Pharisaic. The early church fathers - Origen, Hippolytus, Epiphanius and Jerome - have derived their information from late Pharisaic sources.

The main written authorities for the teaching of the Sadducees are the New Testament and the works of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. According to the former, the Sadducees denied the resurrection of the body, and did not believe in angels or spirits (Mt 22:23; Acts 23:8). More can be learned from Josephus, but his evidence is to be received with caution, as he was a Pharisee and, moreover, had the idea that the Sadducees were to be paralleled with the Epicureans. The Talmud is late; before even the [[Mishnah|Mishna]] was committed to writing (circa 200 AD) the Sadducees had ceased to exist; before the Gemara was completed (circa 700 AD) every valid tradition of their opinions must have vanished. Further, the Talmud is Pharisaic. The early church fathers - Origen, Hippolytus, Epiphanius and Jerome - have derived their information from late Pharisaic sources.

==Origin and History==

==Origin and History==