22 The Pharisees: The OG Deep State

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. We are still hanging out in Bad Guy Central, this time, to learn about the Pharisees. Let’s see if I can dredge up a detail or two you didn’t know about them. I'm Tony, I'm the author, and the narrator. Like and subscribe for new episodes. Sharing the episode with a friend or twelve would be kind of cool, too. Let’s go: The Pharisees – The OG Deep State.Resources and References so I can pretend I’m really smart:* Most Bible quotes I used come from the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Washington, DC: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 2010 This is just my working Bible for most of these episodes. Any Bible you use will be fine for all of the Biblical references.** You’ve heard this before. Most of the work in this piece relies heavily on the research of Allen Ross, Kaufman Kohler, and Gershom Bader, all of whom are referenced below. I edited their statements for narrative flow and added some of my own analysis but the real work here is theirs. I only take credit for anything you find that might be wrong. If a statement sounds like it could have been from one of them, you should assume it is from one of them and I just messed up the notation.*** Most Talmudic references came from or have been confirmed at Sefaria, a wonderful, free resource that I access constantly. Hit the link to check them out. (https://www.sefaria.org)1. GotQuestions.org website, no author noted. “What were the 400 years of silence?” Got Questions Ministries, 2002-2025. (https://www.gotquestions.org/400-years-of-silence.html, accessed 27 May 2025)2. JewishVirtualLibrary.org website, no author noted. “Ancient Jewish History: The Edomites.” American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 1998 - 2025 (https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-edomites#:~:text=The%20Edomites%20were%20later%20forcibly,who%20built%20the%20Second%20Temple, accessed 28 May 2025)3. Kohler, Kaufman. “Pharisees.” The Jewish Encyclopedia. JewishEncyclopedia.com, The Kopelman Foundation, 2002-2021 (https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12087-pharisees, accessed most recently on 28 May 2025)4. Ross, Allen. “The Religious World of Jesus.” Bible.Org, May 2009. (https://bible.org/series/religious-world-jesus. Accessed 8 May 2024)5. Bader, Gershom. The Jewish Spiritual Heroes. New York, N.Y. 1940. Public Domain document, available at https://www.sefaria.org/The_Jewish_Spiritual_Heroes%2C_Volume_I%3B_The_Creators_of_the_Mishna%2C_Introduction?lang=bi&with=About&lang2=en, accessed 28 May 2025 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit investigatorsguidetothebible.substack.com