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“Pharisees” as a book category centers on the Jewish movement of the Second Temple period (roughly 2nd century BCE–1st century CE) known for its emphasis on the Oral Law, scriptural interpretation, synagogue life, and everyday religious practice—foundational currents that helped shape later rabbinic Judaism. Books in this category typically include historical overviews of the Pharisees’ beliefs and social role; studies of their debates with groups like the Sadducees and Essenes; analyses of their portrayal in sources such as Josephus, the New Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and later rabbinic literature; and accounts of their transformation in the wake of the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE. The category may span academic scholarship, theology and biblical studies, translations and commentary on relevant primary texts, interfaith and reception-history works that reassess longstanding stereotypes, and historical fiction set in Roman Judea that explores Pharisaic characters, practices, and ideas.

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