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 Paulinian idea that baptism creates a new Adam in place of the old is but an adaptation of the Pharisaic view.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

In contrast to them Pharisaic or Rabbinic Judaism teaches a resurrection after death for a life of eternal bliss or eternal torment, according as the divine judgment finds one righteous and another wicked.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

It was in this way that he saw the formality of the Pharisaic party, and the self-seeking of scribe and chief priest.

From Training the Teacher by Schauffler, A. F.