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Pharisee
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synonyms: martinet, doctrinaire ???
tags: [judaism]
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Definition:1. A member of a ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism.2. (figuratively, by extension) A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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On the next Sunday he took his text from the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke, and talked quietly but seriously about the Pharisees, who prayed in the streets so that the public would be impressed with their religious devotion.
Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
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[Archdeacon Peter] was the worst kind of Christian, Philip realized: he embraced all the negatives, enforced every proscription, insisted on all forms of denial, and demanded strict punishment for every offense; yet he ignored all the compassion of Christianity, denied its mercy, flagrantly disobeyed its ethic of love and openly flouted the gentle laws of Jesus. That's what the Pharisees were like, Philip thought; no wonder the Lord preferred to eat with publicans and sinners.
Ken Follett. The Pillars of the Earth, p.936 (1990)
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I see Christ in an entirely different light. His unhealthy fanaticism. His rudeness to those nice, sane, conservative, tax-paying Pharisees.
J.D. Salinger. Franny and Zooey, p.86 (1955)
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“Will, Will! if she’s so good as thou say’st, she’ll have pity on such as my Lizzie. If she has no pity for such, she’s a cruel Pharisee, and thou’rt best without her.”Elizabeth Gaskell. Lizzie Leigh (1896)
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who were always going around saying things against her behind her back, calling her churchmouse, calling her Pharisee, calling her crafty, and even Amaranta, may she rest in peace, had said aloud that she was one of those people who could not tell their rectums from their ashes,
Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.348 (1970)
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