Appendix I: Jewish Sects at the Time of Jesus (as)
The literature available on the Jewish sects of the time of Jesus(as) does not as such has a compiled list of all the sects. Definition of a sect varies from author to author. Some authors will regard a group to be too small for their criteria of a sect while the other include them as a sect. However, all of them acknowledge the existance of all the sects and sub-sect, mentioned in the following list, at the time of Jesus Christ(as). This list has been compiled from the works of authors mentioned in the reference numbers 57-59.
1. Pharisees
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2. Sadducees
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3. Essenes/Ossenes
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4. Party of Covanent
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5. Karaites
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6. Zealots
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7. Therapeutae
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8. Kabbalah
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9. Qumranites
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10. Hasmoneans
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11. Amme ha ‘arez
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12. Yahwists
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13. Rechabites
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14. Nazerites
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15. Hellenists (Followers of Stephen)
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16. Maccabees
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17. Hasideans
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18. Eleazarites
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19. Hyrcanusites
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20. Epicureans
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21. Stoics
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22. Pythagoreans
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23. Zadokites
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24. Enochites
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25. Zakaites
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26. Beth Hillel
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27. Beth Shammai
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28. Followers of Bar Cochba
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29. Habakkukites
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30. Ebionites
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31. Levites
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32. Ezekielites
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33. Herodians
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34. Scribes (Soferims)
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35. Galileans
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36.Hemerobaptists
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37. Baptists
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38. Masbothei
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39. Genistae
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40. Meristae
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41. Hellenians (Followers of Hellene)
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42. Nasaraioi
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43. Introversionists
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44. Alexanderian Jews
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45. Philos
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46. Hezekiah
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47. Josiah
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48. Canaanites
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49. Samaritans
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50. Aaronides
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51. Gnostic Jews of Qumran
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52. Boethusians
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53. Conversionists
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54. Josianic Movement
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55. Babylonian Jews
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56. Elephantinites
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57. Oniasites
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58. Judeans
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59. Ein Fashka
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60. Antiochusians
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61. Selecudins
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62. Sicarii
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63. Zedekiahs
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64.Followers of Simon Bar Giora
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65. Followers of John of Giscala
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66. Followers of Simon Bar Kosiba
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67. Patriarchate
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68. Apocalypticians
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69. Shabbatai Zevi Movement
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70. Adventists
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71. Epiphanesians
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72. Palestanian Jews
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