Which of the Following Statements About the Pharisees Is FALSE

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Pharisees is FALSE ?

• A)The Pharisees believed in an afterlife, a late belief probably imported from Persia.
• B)Like the Sadducees, the Pharisees believed in a strict interpretation of the Mosaic Law.
• C)The Pharisees gave authority to an oral tradition, an "oral Torah."
• D)All later forms of Judaism developed from the Pharisees.
• E)The Pharisees shared an emphasis on prophetic ideals with Jesus.

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