(disciples of Zadok). A Jewish sect, supposedly Zadokites (1 Kings 1:32-45), whose chief tenets were (1) rejection of the divinity of the Mosaic oral law and traditions; (2) rejection of the later O. T. books, but acceptance of the Mosaic teachings; (3) denial of angel and spiritual existence, and consequent immortality of the soul; (4) belief in the absolute moral freedom of man. Their hatred of Christianity was as bitter as that of the Pharisees (Matt. 3:7; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6-10). Though composed of men of position, the sect was never very numerous nor influential, and it disappeared from history after the first century of the Christian era.