[Yulee]

Babylonian Exile, not the conquering of Israel by Rome. Judah came back after 70 years. The Northern Kingdom tribe were disbursed throughout the nations. After Alexander the Great many of the Jews became Hellenized. The Sadducees are an example of this Hellenization. They believed in the law only. They denied the resurrection of the dead, prophecy, and miracles.

[Manly Warrior]

Yeah but, the Israelites were offering daily sacrifices in Herod’s temple during Jesus’ days, full up temple worship and up until the destruction of Jerusalem....

How does one parse the facts?

I think it irrelevant what the religious sects of Israel thought, just it is today with Jewish and Christian apostates.

Is it not true that the Israelites began offering sacrifices in the period you mention, and up until (with at least one interruption period) 70AD?