Re: Is the new poster/new observer still here?

In article <dhh8rh$pga$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Malcolm <regniztar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
><yacovachi@xxxxxxx> wrote

>>> The Pharisees were one of a large number of sects.

>> Large number ????
>> Name five. I dare ya.

>Pharisees, Sadduccees, Nazirites, Essenes, Christians.

The five I would have named are

Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Boethusians (sp)

Others are specifically mentioned.

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