What did the Pharisees believe in?

The Pharisees was a socio-political group among the Jews that was made up of common people. This class of people was prominent during the Hasmonean Dynasty and they were an “opposition group” to the Sadducees because of various differences in their respective social and political statuses, and further differences in theological beliefs. Pharisees were adherents to the Oral Torah, and they believed in the after life, resurrection, and the existence of angels. The Oral Torah can be effectively described as a combination of Rabbinic philosophical opinings regarding the Law of Moses, which is 613 commandments consisting of 248 positive ("thou shalt") mitzvot (commandments), and 365 negative ("thou shall not") mitzvot.