J<<osephus was a Sadducee heretic, Jerome was a sheigetz who probably got the idea from Josephus, and Targum Rishon is post-Talmudic. >> Why would one think that Josephus was a Sadduccee heretic? He seems to favor the Pharisees over the Saducees. Just because someone doesnt agree with everything we like doesnt make him a Sadduccee -- Eli Turkel