The sects 1st surface during the Maccabean age. The Maccabean conflict reveals the existence of a party often called the "Assidaeans" (Hebrew chacidhim), or "pious" types, against the lax Hellenizing tendencies with the moments, and staunch observers with the regulation. These in the beginning gave brave help to Judas Maccabeus, https://onlybookmarkings.com/story19509163/the-greatest-guide-to-jesus