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Herodians (hĕrō`dēənz), Jewish political party of the early 1st cent. A.D., related to the dynasty of Herod Herod, dynasty reigning in Palestine at the time of Jesus. As a dynasty the Herods depended largely on the power of Rome. They are usually blamed for the state of virtual anarchy in Palestine at the beginning of the Christian era.

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..... Click the link for more information. . Some have supposed that they were largely Sadducees Sadducees , sect of Jews formed around the time of the Hasmonean revolt (c.200 B.C.). Little is known concerning their beliefs, but according to Josephus Flavius, they upheld only the authority of the written law, and not the oral tradition held by the Pharisees.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the New Testament the Herodians are referred to, with the Pharisees, as being in opposition to Jesus.

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