You're thinking of the Sadducee's who ran the Temple along Herodian guidelines. The Pharisees descended from the Hasidim, and bore the piousness of the Jewish masses as well as facilitating the ordination of rabbis, of whom Jesus was one. Moreover, phariseeism is most commonly traced to the origins of modern Judaism.
Hyam Maccoby, Revolution In Judaea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance.
Good catch.. you are right, thanks for correcting my 'brief mental breakdown'...