Complex sentence: Historically speaking, the Pharisees composed the Orthodox rabbinic party and were its supporters.Whereas, the first century Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus reports its opponents included: both the Sadducees party and the Essenes community.
Split into simpler sentences: Historically speaking, the Pharisees composed the Orthodox rabbinic party and were its supporters. The first century Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus reports its opponents included: both the Sadducees party and the Essenes community.