Final answer:
The Maccabees were not a sect in Judea in the 1st century AD; rather, they were active in the 2nd century BCE. The major Judean sects at that time included the Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes, and Christians.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Judean sect that was not a sect in Judea in the middle of the 1st century AD is B) Maccabees. The Maccabees were a group from an earlier period, leading a revolt against Seleucid Empire's Hellenistic influence over Judea in the 2nd century BCE. By the 1st century AD, the major sects in Judea included the Sadducees, who held that only the Temple priests needed to follow the full 613 laws of Moses, the Pharisees, who believed all Jews should follow these laws and anticipated a messiah, the Essenes, known for their ascetic and mystical practices in the desert, and the Christians, who were followers of Jesus and his teachings.