The Salome No One Knows

Biblical Archaeology Review ^ | Jul/Aug 2008 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Different gal.

[SunkenCiv]

With that attitude, you’d be the first one with your head on a platter. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

:’) My pleasure.

[Bigg Red]

:-)

[colorado tanker]

LOL!

[Jaded]

It was during the Hasmonean period that the Pharisees and Sadducees—both familiar to readers of the New Testament for their encounters with Jesus—became prominent religious parties. Both struggled for the hearts and minds of ordinary Judeans. Unfortunately, we do not have any document that we can definitively say was written by a Pharisee or a Sadducee of Salome Alexandra’s day. Scholars must rely upon later, often-inaccurate, sources to learn about them. According to the New Testament: “The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, or angels, or spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge all three” (Acts 23:8). Although Jesus called the ­Pharisees “hypocrites” (Matthew 12:13) and “a brood of vipers” (Matthew 23:23), these references are unfair. Because Jesus and the early Christians believed in resurrection, they viewed the Pharisees as their greatest rivals; for this reason, the New Testament accounts cannot always be trusted to present a fair and balanced portrayal of the Pharisees.

This is just too funny. Who'd thought BAR would have gone that far around the bend?