73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

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36 Appendix I: Jewish Sects at the Time of Jesus (as) The literature available on the Jewish sects of the time of Jesu s (as) does not as such has a compiled list of all the sects. Definition of a sect varies from author to author. Some authors will regard a group to be too small for their criteria of a sect while the other include them as a sect. However, all of them acknowledge the existence of all the sects and sub - sect, mentioned in the following list, at the time of Jesus Chris t (as). This list has been compiled from the works of authors mentioned in the reference numbers 57 - 59. 1. Pharisees 2. Sadducees 3. Essenes/Ossenes 4. Party of Covanent 5. Karaites 6. Zealots 7. Therapeutae 8. Kabbalah 9. Qumranites