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Appendix I:
Jewish Sects at the Time of Jesus
The literature available on the Jewish sects of the time of Jesus (AS) does not as such has a compiled list of all the sects. Definition of a sect varies from author to author. Some authors will regard a group to be too small for their criteria of a sect while the other include them as a sect. However, all of them acknowledge the existance of all the sects and sub-sect, mentioned in the following list, at the time of Jesus Christ (AS). This list has been compiled from the works of authors mentioned in the reference numbers [57-59].
01. |
Pharisees |
02. |
Sadducees |
03. |
Essenes/Ossenes |
04. |
Party of Covanent |
05. |
Karaites |
06. |
Zealots |
07. |
Therapeutae |
08. |
Kabbalah |
09. |
Qumranites |
10. |
Hasmoneans |
11. |
Amme ha 'arez |
12. |
Yahwists |
13. |
Rechabites |
14. |
Nazerites |
15. |
Hellenists (Followers of Stephen) |
16. |
Maccabees |
17. |
Hasideans |
18. |
Eleazarites |
19. |
Hyrcanusites |
20. |
Epicureans |
21. |
Stoics |
22. |
Pythagoreans |
23. |
Zadokites |
24. |
Enochites |
25. |
Zakaites |
26. |
Beth Hillel |
27. |
Beth Shammai |
28. |
Followers of Bar Cochba |
29. |
Habakkukites |
30. |
Ebionites |
31. |
Levites |
32. |
Ezekielites |
33. |
Herodians |
34. |
Scribes (Soferims) |
35. |
Galileans |
36. |
Hemerobaptists |
37. |
Baptists |
38. |
Masbothei |
39. |
Genistae |
40. |
Meristae |
41. |
Hellenians (Followers of Hellene) |
42. |
Nasaraioi |
43. |
Introversionists |
44. |
Alexanderian Jews |
45. |
Philos |
46. |
Hezekiah |
47. |
Josiah |
48. |
Canaanites |
49. |
Samaritans |
50. |
Aaronides |
51. |
Gnostic Jews of Qumran |
52. |
Boethusians |
53. |
Conversionists |
54. |
Josianic Movement |
55. |
Babylonian Jews |
56. |
Elephantinites |
57. |
Oniasites |
58. |
Judeans |
59. |
Ein Fashka |
60. |
Antiochusians |
61. |
Selecudins |
62. |
Sicarii |
63. |
Zedekiahs |
64. |
Followers of Simon Bar Giora |
65. |
Followers of John of Giscala |
66. |
Followers of Simon Bar Kosiba |
67. |
Patriarchate |
68. |
Apocalypticians |
69. |
Shabbatai Zevi Movement |
70. |
Adventists |
71. |
Epiphanesians |
72. |
Palesta |
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