Sadducees (Zadukim), [17] ff.
attitude toward the daily sacrifices and the laws of cleanliness, [23], [52].
consider the Pentateuch only as binding, the tradition as of subordinate value, [22].
deprived of their seats in the Synhedrion, [50].
Sadducees, difference between them and the Pharisees in points of ritual, [22] f.
form the aristocracy, [21].
laxity toward false witnesses, [22].
officers of state and army taken from among them, [21].
place the national interests above the Law, [21].
persecuted under Salome Alexandra, [55].
repudiate the idea of judgment after death, [21].
relation to the Pharisees, [17] f.
rigor in the administration of justice, [22].
Salome Alexandra, wife of Alexander Jannæus, and regent, [47]–[56].
champion of the Pharisees, [39].
coins, [48].
death, [56].
entrusts the management of affairs to the Pharisees, [48].
last independent ruler of Judæa, [56].
protects the Sadducees, [55].
prosperity of the country under her reign, [48].
restoration of the Law, [49]–[53].
Salome, sister of Herod, [93], [119], [128].
bequeaths her possessions to the Empress Livia, [128].
hatred of Mariamne, [104], [112].
Samaritan Messiah, [171].
Torah, [457].
Samaritans, relation to the Jews: of friendliness, [534].
of hatred, [402] f., [457] f.
completely excluded from the Jewish community, [534] f.
join the Jews in the war of revolution, [268].
in the revolt against Hadrian, [410].
treachery against the Jews, [417] f.
Samaritans persecuted by Diocletian, [533] f.
worship idols, [439].
Samuel the younger (Hakatan), [357] f.
Samuel, Mar (Arioch), [518] ff.
attitude toward the heathen, [520].
character, [519].
decree concerning the law of the land, [519] f.
learning and versatility, [521] f.
and Shabur I, [520].
Sassanides, dynasty of, [523].