Religious Groups
Right now there are multiple religious sects that the people of Palestine are in. These include: The Sadducess, the Pharisees, the Essenes, and the Zealots. The Sadducess are a group that focused majority of their activities within Jerusalem. They believed the Torah was the only inspired scripture. The Pharisees are a group that had positive practices that many Jews found inspiring. They are very admirable because of this. The Essenes believed that god would dramatically bring in his kingdom. They lived very strict lives and believed that they would be with Yahweh when the apocalyptic day came. Last of all, the Zealots believed that no foreign power should have the rights to collect taxes from them. They thought that the Romans had no right to have control over them and their people, and for this reason, the Zealots are the group that believe in fighting against the Romans.