1.     Sectarianism

1.1.      Samaritans

1.1.1.       Resettling Samaria. 2 Kings 17

1.1.2.       Opposition from Samaria. Ezra 4:7-16; 1 Esdras 2:16

1.1.3.       Samaritan Opponents. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 11.84-88

1.1.4.       Origin of the Samaritan Temple. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 11.302-312

1.1.5.       Jewish – Samaritan dispute. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 12.7–10; 13.74–79

1.1.6.       Desecration of the Temples at Jerusalem and Mt. Gerizim. 2 Maccabees 6:1-2

1.1.7.       Destruction of the Temple on Mt. Gerizim. Josephus, Antiquities 13.254-6

1.1.8.       Benefaction to the Samaritan Temple. Delos Inscription, 150-50 BCE.

1.1.9.       Exclusion of Samaritans. Bavli Kuthim 2:7

1.2.      Diversity of Judaism

1.2.1.       Comparison chart of Jewish Sects in the Second Temple period:

1.2.2.       Rival Jewish Groups. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.11-23

1.2.3.       Essay on Jewish Sects

1.3.      Hasidim

1.3.1.       1 Maccabees 2:27-30, 42-48

1.4.      Pharisees and Sadducees

1.4.1.       Josephus on Pharisees vs. Sadducees.

1.4.2.       Resurrection. Acts 23:6–9

1.4.3.       Disputes between Pharisees and Sadducees. Mishnah Yadayim 4:6-8

1.4.4.       Grades of Purity. Mishnah Hagigah 2:7

1.4.5.       Purification Dispute. Mishnah, Parah 3:7

1.5.      Zealots, Sicarii. Josephus, Antiquities 18.23

1.6.      Essenes

1.6.1.       Josephus on Essenes.

1.6.2.       Qumran (pictures)

1.6.3.       Halakhic Letter (MMT)

1.6.4.       Damascus Document

1.6.5.       The Community Rule

1.6.6.       The War Scroll

1.6.7.       Thanksgiving Hymns