When Paul wrote his first letter to the believers in the city of Corinth which is recorded in the New Testament portion of the Bible, there was a common heretical teaching within Judaism that claimed there was no resurrection of the dead. This teaching originated from the party of the Sadducees, who would have been considered the "liberal" wing of Judaism then, while the Pharisees would have been considered the "conservative" wing. As the New Testament Jews began to embrace the Gospel and the...
