Editing Jewish eschatology (section)

===Second Temple period===
In the late [[Second Temple period]], beliefs about the ultimate fate of individuals were diverse. The [[Pharisees]] and [[Essenes]] believed in the [[immortality of the soul]], but the [[Sadducees]] did not.<ref name="Antiquity">ed. Jacob Neusner, Alan Jeffery Avery-Peck ''Judaism in Late Antiquity: Part Four: Death, Life-After-Death," 2000 Page 187 III. THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS 8. DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND LIFE AFTER DEATH IN THE QUMRAN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. chapter by Philip R. Davies University of Sheffield. "In the late Second Temple Period, beliefs about the ultimate fate of the individual were diverse. It is well-known that Josephus, in his description of the four Jewish "sects" (and supported by Matt. ... in the resurrection while the Pharisees did, and the Essenes subscribed to the doctrine of the immortality of the soul (War 2.154: "...although bodies are corruptible and their matter unstable, souls are immortal and live forever...")"</ref> The [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], Jewish [[pseudepigrapha]], and [[Jewish magical papyri]] all reflect this variety of opinions.