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| Title: Ancient Jewish Sectarianism Secondary Title: Jdm Volume: 47 Pages: 387-403 Type: Journal Article Year: 1998 Abstract: Harrington, Daniel J. in: NTAb 43.2 (1999), 337: "The boundaries erected by the different ancient Jewish sects were not uniformly high. In general, the more introversionist a sect was, the "greedier" were its demands on the identity of members. The analysis begins with the Pharisees at one end of the continuum, continues with the Essenes and the Qumran community closer to the other pole, and concludes with the most extreme example known - that of Bannus the teacher with whom Josephus spent three years. The degree of contact permitted with the surrounding nations seems to have been a decisive factor in the origin and development of the ancient Jewish sects." |