The Wild Sectarianism of 2nd Temple Judaism

texts from the caves of Comran show a Torah quite different from the so-called Masoretic recension. The main groups mentioned by Josephus are the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Essenes and a mysterious fourth school of thought. Some scholars will be found to contradict it, unperfectly plausible grounds saying something like there never were any Saducees.