Body-less temporary existence after death?

Here's another essay abstract for your perusal... (see below post if you're confused)

This essay analyses the Bible’s teachings about the state of the dead between now and the final judgment. The Old Testament, with its emphasis on life in this world, gives only vague information about the state of the dead. References to Sheol primarily serve to highlight the horror of death as a punishment involving permanent separation from Yahweh. The New Testament teaches much more about resurrection, yet the state of the dead prior to the resurrection is rarely (if ever) taught. The major theories concerning the state of the dead can be classified as dualistic or monistic. While some support can be found in Scripture for the dualistic notion of an intermediate state, during which the souls of believers are with Christ in heaven, more consistent with the Bible’s emphases and teaching is the monist theory of immediate resurrection. Doctrines such as Purgatory are clearly unbiblical. Pastoral implications of the Bible’s teaching about the state of the dead include desisting from contacting or praying for the dead.