Sadducees

Target entity: Sadducees
Context triple: [Second Temple in Jerusalem, associatedGroup, Sadducees]

• A. Hellenistic Jews
  Hellenistic Jews were Jews of the ancient Mediterranean world who adopted elements of Greek language and culture while maintaining their Jewish religious identity.
• B. Hasmonean dynasty
  The Hasmonean dynasty was a Jewish ruling family that gained independence for Judea in the 2nd century BCE after the Maccabean Revolt and governed as priest-kings until the rise of Roman control.
• C. scribes of Judah
  The scribes of Judah were literate officials and scholars from the kingdom of Judah who preserved, edited, and transmitted religious and legal traditions, especially during and after the Babylonian exile.
• D. Karaite Jews
  Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.
• E. Second Temple Judaism
  Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Sadducees
Target entity description: The Sadducees were a Jewish sect of the Second Temple period, largely composed of priestly and aristocratic elites, known for their strict adherence to the written Torah and denial of beliefs like resurrection and angels.

• A. Hellenistic Jews
  Hellenistic Jews were Jews of the ancient Mediterranean world who adopted elements of Greek language and culture while maintaining their Jewish religious identity.
• B. Hasmonean dynasty
  The Hasmonean dynasty was a Jewish ruling family that gained independence for Judea in the 2nd century BCE after the Maccabean Revolt and governed as priest-kings until the rise of Roman control.
• C. scribes of Judah
  The scribes of Judah were literate officials and scholars from the kingdom of Judah who preserved, edited, and transmitted religious and legal traditions, especially during and after the Babylonian exile.
• D. Karaite Jews
  Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.
• E. Second Temple Judaism
  Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.
• F. None of above. chosen