Who were the Pharisees During the Time of Jesus? As a group of Jewish religious figures that flourished before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE (Gurtner 2008, 1465), the Pharisees numbered about 6,000 (cf. Ant. 13.10.6:298; 18.1.3:20; 17.2.4:42) during the time of Jesus of Nazareth’s ministry (Sanders 1985). The origin of the Pharisees is uncertain, although they may have derived from a group […] https://jamesbishopblog.com/20....24/05/20/who-were-th
