Pharisees and Sadducees

Pharisees

• A Jewish sect who began during the Second Temple period
• Mostly middle class businessman 
• Believed in resurrection after death
• Also believed in an afterlife with rewards or punishments 
• They hated Jesus because they didn't believe in the Jesus's claims

Sadducees

• Upper class
• Started in the Second Temple period
• denied any ressuerection of the dead
• Hated Jesus because he threanted their religous beifes