Pharisees
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| - | :''[[female infidelity]], [[The Woman Taken in Adultery (Rembrandt)]]'' | ||
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| - | '''''The Woman Taken in Adultery''''' is a painting of 1644 by [[Rembrandt]], bought by the [[National Gallery, London]] in 1824, as one of their foundation batch of paintings. It is in oil on oak, and 83.8 x 65.4 cm. | ||
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| - | Rembrandt shows the episode of [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery]] from the [[Gospel of Saint John]]. In this scene, a few Jews, mainly [[Scribe]]s and [[Pharisees]], tried to catch Jesus condoning disobedience to the Jewish Law, knowing that Jesus pitied wrong-doers. To do this, they produced a woman who had been caught taking part in [[adultery]]. Then, they said "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?". Jesus replied, "He that is without [[sin]] among you, let him first cast a [[Rock (geology)|stone]] at her" (John 8: 3-7) | ||
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| - | [[Rembrandt]] made [[Jesus]] appear taller than the other figures and more brightly lit. In contrast, the Jews are "in the dark" and appear lower. Symbolically, Jesus's height represents his moral superiority over those who attempted to trick him. | ||
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| - | It became infamous for [[Han Van Meegeren]]'s forgery of it, which was later sold to the Nazis in 1945 in return for 200 seized [[Netherlands|Dutch]] paintings. Later, during his trial, Meegeren would be accused of selling the ''real'' painting to the [[Nazi]]s, a crime punishable by death. However, Meegeren thought himself a national [[hero]] for returning the 200 paintings to the Netherlands. | ||
| + | # {{plural of|[[Pharisee]]}} | ||
| + | # A [[Jewish]] [[political party]] and [[school of thought]] that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 BCE–70 CE). | ||
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