The sects 1st seem from the Maccabean age. The Maccabean conflict reveals the existence of a party often called the "Assidaeans" (Hebrew chacidhim), or "pious" types, against the lax Hellenizing tendencies with the situations, and staunch observers on the legislation. These at first gave courageous help to Judas Maccabeus, and https://www.youtube.com/@tarotdejesus/shorts