You should also read up on what Phariseeism was. While the church speaks of them as if they are some wholly separate entity, it’s fairly certain that Jesus was himself a pharisee, where the word refers to a mindset toward approaching scripture and not necessarily a group of people.
https://broadview.org/was-jesus-a-pharisee/
From Wikipedia: Hyam Maccoby speculated that Jesus was himself a Pharisee and that his arguments with Pharisees is a sign of inclusion rather than fundamental conflict (disputation being the dominant narrative mode employed in the Talmud as a search for truth, and not necessarily a sign of opposition).[72] However, Maccoby's views have been widely rejected by scholars.[73]
(Do not rely on the judgment of the scholars but on the arguments and on what constitutes/d “being Pharisean”, then compare that against Jesus’ words and actions. “Scholars” seem to come to an awful lot of wrong conclusions…)
You should also read up on what Phariseeism was. While the church speaks of them as if they are some wholly separate entity, it’s fairly certain that Jesus was himself a pharisee, where the word refers to a mindset toward approaching scripture and not necessarily a group of people.
https://broadview.org/was-jesus-a-pharisee/
From Wikipedia: Hyam Maccoby speculated that Jesus was himself a Pharisee and that his arguments with Pharisees is a sign of inclusion rather than fundamental conflict (disputation being the dominant narrative mode employed in the Talmud as a search for truth, and not necessarily a sign of opposition).[72] However, Maccoby's views have been widely rejected by scholars.[73]
(Do not rely on the judgment of the scholars but on the arguments and on what constitutes/d “being Pharisean”, then compare that against Jesus’ words and actions)
You should also read up on what Phariseeism was. While the church speaks of them as if they are some wholly separate entity, it’s fairly certain that Jesus was himself a pharisee, where the word refers to a mindset toward approaching scripture and not necessarily a group of people.