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Sanhedrin and Pharisees
Who claims it
The speaker in the transcript
The claim
The speaker says Herod slaughtered the Sanhedrin and replaced it with a heavily Edomite one, and that many Pharisees Jesus confronted were Edomites, not Jews.
Evidence and counterpoints
- No ancient source is given for the claim that the Sanhedrin was refilled with Edomites (see chapter 4).
- Paul called himself a Pharisee (chapter 5), which conflicts with the idea that Pharisees were a non-Jewish group.
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Names mentioned
King Herod • Jesus • Pharisees • Sanhedrin
Unclear or not verified
- No source is named for the claim that the replacement Sanhedrin was "heavily Edomite".
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