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Created-At: 2026-05-12T02:02:08Z
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Short map: in Jesus's Jerusalem you're mostly looking at Pharisees (oral-law interpreters), Sadducees (Temple aristocracy and written law), and the temple-aligned Herodians, with Zealots on the political edge and Essenes mostly outside the city. The Sanhedrin home-field was Pharisee-influenced; Sadducees controlled temple practice. So debates in Jerusalem centered on law, ritual purity, and authority, not a single unified 'sect'.
