The NIV Study Bible entry on the Intertestimental Period helped me formulate the table below. Party Name Sadducees Pharisees Essenes Centered In Temple Synagogue Wilderness Writing Focus Torah Only “Law” Dead Sea Scrolls Power Base Greek Gov’t. Common People Outcasts Mindset Nation/State Diaspora Separate Description Ruling Class, including the High Priest, corruptly dependent on Greek … Continue reading Important Parties and the Intertestamental Period