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I don’t want to sidetrack the thread with talk about tzedukim, but in my opinion there is good reason to think that tzedukim did hold of some sort of torah sh’baal peh.

I read an interesting article about this which speculates that the chachomim after the churban don’t consider themselves either tzedukim or perushim, and were in fact made up of both sects and it was in yavne that they all sat down together and realigned as one group. If you’re curious, it is called something like “the significance of yavneh” and is written by a certain Shaye Cohen.

And rational: I don’t actually buy the argument of that article, I just think it is possible. And in thinking so, I am in agreement with the author (who I once discussed this with) and who also only thinks it is a theory and is possible.