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Karaites

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Noun1.Karaites - a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group


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This is analogous to the situation with the Karaites later, some of whom who remain Jews till this day and others that have clearly left Jewishness entirely.
Judaism as a free church: footnotes to John Howard Yoder's The ... by Boyarin, Daniel / Cross Currents
Levenson does note some of the Jewish sects that have historically (Karaites) and more recently (Reform Jews) placed more emphasis on scripture than other Jews have done, but the Karaites remain only a small minority, and even the Reform Jews have maintained the authority of some extra-biblical Jewish tradition (Levenson 46-48).
Grafted in: why Christians are thinking about a Jewish biblical ... by Brawley, Anna / Biblical Theology Bulletin
The three sections of The Voice of a Fool discuss objections to Judaism that were current among Karaites, Judaizing conversos or Christians.
Shylock and the Jewish Question by Lesley, Arthur M. / Renaissance Quarterly
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