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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pharisees and Marriage
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 17:03:54 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 17:03:54 1984
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> Paul Dubois writes:
> > My understanding is that, to be a Pharisee, you had to have been
> > married... Is my information incorrect?
> 
> [David Simen]
> Yes, it is.  Although marriage is mandated in Jewish law (the very first
> commandment is "P'ru ur'bu," reasonably well translated as "Be fruitful and
> multiply") the Pharisees constituted a philosophico-religio-political group,
> and did not have tests for "membership" such as whether the individual was
> married.

Thanks for the clarification!  However,

>         To understand the meaning of "Pharisee", try
>    1.	Forgetting everything the Gospels say about the Pharisees, as those
> 	books were written with many axes to grind, and

This is a non seqitur.  My information didn't come from there; indeed,
I think you would be hard-pressed to deduce it from them.  And yes,
I am aware that much of the Jewish community feels the Gospels are
very hard on the Pharisees.  Personally, I feel this is not so much
the case, although traditionally (and unfortunately) the church(es)
seem to have taught it that way.
-- 

Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
						Colossians 1:17