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Synagogue Worship: The Pharisees believed that since God was everywhere, He could be worshipped both in and outside the Temple and was not to be invoked by sacrifices alone. Thus, they fostered the synagogue as a place of worship, study, and prayer and raised it to a central important place in the life of the people, which rivaled the Temple. This also antagonized the Sadducees. The centrality of the synagogue would become a very important concept once the Temple was destroyed in AD 70.
By contrast, the Sadducees drew their membership from the aristocracy and were out of touch with the common man. Most of their activity surrounded the Temple. They denied the existence of angels or other spirits and all miracles, especially the resurrection of the body. They were the religious rationalists of the time (Mk. 12:18-23; Acts 23:8) and were strongly entrenched in the Sanhedrin and priesthood. They believed that God took little cognizance of and little interest in human affairs. They are identified with no affirmative doctrine, but were mere deniers of the supernatural. They were also advocates to the written Law, not the Oral Law.
The Pharisees were both conservative and progressive at the same time, championing tradition, but capitalizing on adaptation to the society of the day. They excelled in adapting old codes to new conditions. Pharisaism was able to move ahead with changing times and circumstances, making itself relevant to the vast majority of the population, yet remaining true to its basic commitments.
The old wine eventually runs out and cannot be replaced.
