Definitions
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- noun A member of a
political party , a social movement, and aschool of thought amongJews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms ofJudaism . - noun idiomatic A person who values the
letter of the law over thespirit orintention of thelaw .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jesus was so inclusive in spirit that the separatists the true definition of the word Pharisee both resented and resisted Him.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Jesus was so inclusive in spirit that the separatists the true definition of the word Pharisee both resented and resisted Him.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Jesus was so inclusive in spirit that the separatists the true definition of the word Pharisee both resented and resisted Him.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Jesus was so inclusive in spirit that the separatists the true definition of the word Pharisee both resented and resisted Him.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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"A Pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself."
Must Watch: Bill Maher's Religulous Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The name Pharisee means "The Separated One"; and the Pharisees were those who had separated themselves from ordinary people and ordinary life in order to keep these rules and regulations.
Counting Sins the Pharisee Way Julie D. 2004
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I'm using the word Pharisee, I hasten to add in a footnote, not in the historical precise sense that New Testament scholars want us to use it now, but in that misleading colloquial sense it has acquired over the centuries.
Address at the Scottish Episcopal Church Provincial Conference 2004
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The name Pharisee means "The Separated One"; and the Pharisees were those who had separated themselves from ordinary people and ordinary life in order to keep these rules and regulations.
Archive 2004-05-01 Julie D. 2004
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We associate whatever is odious in hypocrisy or base in craft with the name Pharisee, while really it was the most distinguished title among the Jews.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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We read his bitter railings at the Pharisees, and miss the point entirely, because the word Pharisee has become to us a word of reproach.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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