Which of the Following Statements About the Pharisees Is False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Pharisees is false?

A) The Pharisees believed in an afterlife, a late belief probably imported from Persia.
B) Like the Sadducees, the Pharisees believed in a strict interpretation of the Mosaic Law.
C) The Pharisees gave authority to an oral tradition, an "oral Torah."
D) All later forms of Judaism developed from the Pharisees.
E) The Pharisees shared an emphasis on prophetic ideals with Jesus.