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Glossary Gnosticism / Term

Saducees

Jewish aristocracy who aligned themselves with the Roman Empire, and controlled the Jewish Council called the Sanhedrin. High priests of the Jewish Temple were Saducees. There were also Pharisees who were high in temple hierarchy. (See "The Five Gospels", Jesus Seminar, Harper-Collins, 1997.)

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