Embora estritos, em certo sentido os fariseus eram de tendências progressistas: pois continuavam aplicando a lei do Antigo Testamento a nova e mutáveis circunstâncias da vida diária. Todavia, os saduceus, confortavelmente situados na vida como estavam, queriam manter o status quo, e, assim sendo, resistiam a qualquer contemporização com a lei, a fim de que não viessem a perder suas favoráveis posições de abastança e riqueza. Visto haver sido destruído em 70 D.C. o centro do poder sacerdotal, o templo, juntamente com grande número dos saduceus propriamente ditos, o partido dos saduceus se desintegrou. Os fariseus, porém, sobreviveram, tendo-se tornado no alicerce do judaísmo ortodoxo de séculos posteriores.
"(...) My daughter, she has no use for night runners. You know, her first language is not Luo. Not even Swahili. It is english. When I listen to her talk with her friends, it sounds like gibberish to me. They take bits and pieces of everything - English, Swahili, German, Luo. Sometimes, I get fed up with this. Learn to speak one language properly, I tell them." Rukia laughed to herself. "But I am beggining to resign myself - there's nothing really to do. They live in a mixed-up world. It's just as well, I suppose. In the end, I'm less interested in a daughter who's authentically African than one who is authentically herself." It was getting late; we thanked Rukia for her hospitality and went on our way. But her words would stay with me, bringing into focus my own lingering questions.
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