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

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)

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

Some of those who heard demurred to the Pharisaic deduction, and asked: "How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?"

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