Pharisees

If they had been the ones presiding over Jesus’ trial, says biblical scholar Israel Knohl, there wouldn’t have been a crucifixion.

Jesus' characters aren't nuanced; they're all elbows and ankles.

The Pharisees are usually viewed as simply majoring in minutiae. But that does a disservice to them and obscures the issues.

Jesus is not accusing the Pharisees of an early form of Pelagianism.