However, in his book Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era, George Foot Moore says: “Writings... of the second or first centuries before our era attest the belief that at the expected turning - point in the history of the world the dead of former generations would be brought to life again on earth. ”
مَثَلًا ،‏ لَا بُدَّ أَنَّ مَرْثَا كَانَتْ تُفَكِّرُ فِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ حِينَ قَالَتْ لِيَسُوعَ عَنْ أَخِيهَا ٱلْمَيِّتِ :‏ « أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَقُومُ فِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَخِيرِ » .‏