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[edit] Sanders
I can't find anything on the web, except for Wikipedia pages, that say that Sanders asserts in Jesus and Judaism that "Jesus was himself a Pharisee." I do believe that Sanders said, there, that he thought that Jesus had little contact with Pharisees. That seems to be borne out by this New York Times review of the book, IN HIS TIME AND IN HISTORY - New York Times
"How well has Mr. Sanders argued his case? Most of the elements in his portrait of Jesus seem to me well grounded in the available sources and supported by common sense. Some scholars, no doubt, will want to contest Mr. Sanders' interpretation of the Temple incident or question his confidence that Jesus had no significant contacts with Pharisees. Many will find excessive his concentration on Jesus' acts, to the virtual exclusion of his teachings and parables." Ptypes 21:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
The following excerpt from Jesus and Judaism can be relied upon as a brief summary of Sanders' view of Jesus' relationship to the Pharisees. Sanders (pg. 291) says: "But leaving such exaggerations of the role of the Pharisees aside, can we determine whether or not they constituted a significant element in the opposition to Jesus? Our discussions of the sinners, the law, purity and legalism all point towards finding little contact, either hostile or cordial, between Jesus and the Pharisees. The reader will have learned that I think that each of the common generalizations just above is wrong. The Pharisees did not dominate Judaism. If Jesus disagreed with them over laws of purity which were peculiar to them, he would have been only one more 'am ha-arets among many. He seems not to have committed any substantial breach of the law. But, if he did, there is no reason to think that only the Pharisees would have been offended. Thus I find no substantial conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees." Ptypes 16:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
