Who were the Pharisees?

The Pharisees are among the most misunderstood groups in Jewish history. For centuries, Christians read them as the villains of the gospels – legalists, religious hypocrites and bitter opponents of Jesus. But how accurate is that picture? To find out, Lloyd takes a trip in the Time Machine with our very own Helen Bond, Professor of Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. Drawing on a range of sources – from Josephus to the Dead Sea Scrolls – they construct a picture of t...