Historians and theologians regularly review the changing relationship between some Christian groups and the Jewish people ; the article on Christian-Jewish reconciliation studies one recent issue.

Historians, philosophers and theologians often call this the Watchmaker analogy.

Historians and liberation theologians cite the Appeal as an influential political and social document of the 19th century, even though Walker was largely ignored for his contribution to ending slavery in the United States before second half of the 20th century.

Historians remain uncertain about Constantine's reasons for favoring Christianity, and theologians and historians have argued about which form of Christianity he ascribed.

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

Historians have found the tribes on the west of Ireland hardest to identify with known peoples, however Camden and O ' Conor speculated a possible connection between the Gangani and the Concani, one of the eleven tribes in the confederacy of the Cantabri in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Historians who agree that Logan the orator was not named " Tah-gah-jute " sometimes identify him as Tachnechdorus, although Jennings identifies Tachnechdorus as Logan the orator's older brother.

Historians identify this Amru as Amru ibn Adi, the fourth king of the Lakhmid dynasty which was at that time still based in Harran, not yet moved to Hirah in Babylonia.

Historians have used public records to identify Fard as Wallace Dodd Ford, a former restaurateur and Moorish Science Temple leader.

Historians believe that during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Cheng, scarves made of cloth were used to identify officers or the rank of Chinese warriors.

Historians tried to identify the others cycladic islands in the text but nothing is really convincing.

Historians have in turn made a number of proposals seeking to identify him with various would-be contemporary historical figures.

Historians have used several sources to identify the origins of the early Pandyan dynasty with the pre-Christian Era and also to piece together the names of the Pandyan kings.

Historians have yet to precisely identify its location.

Historians have long tried to identify the disease behind the Plague of Athens.

Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases.

Historians estimate their total population may have been three to four times that number.

Historians have seen three Prussian goals: as a political tool to eliminate Austrian influence in Germany ; as a way to improve the economies ; and to strengthen Germany against potential French aggression while reducing the economic independence of smaller states.

Historians and academics in the fields of linguistics and source criticism believe that the stories of Ishmael belong to the three strata of J, or Yahwist source, the P, or Priestly source, and the E, or Elohist source ( See Documentary hypothesis ).

Historians Gelasius of Caesarea and Rufinus claimed that she discovered the hiding place of three crosses that were believed to be used at the crucifixion of Jesus and of two thieves, St. Dismas and Gestas, executed with him, and that a miracle revealed which of the three was the True Cross.

Historians and ethnologists narrowed down to three types of people known to have inhabited Capiz: Aeta, popularly known as Negritos ; Indonesians descendants of the Mundo tribe in central Panay ; and the Malays.

Historians commonly speak of three differing approaches to the study of the Cold War: " orthodox " accounts, " revisionism ", and " post-revisionism ".

Historians have seen three Prussian goals: as a political tool to eliminate Austrian influence in Germany ; as a way to improve the economies ; and to strengthen Germany against potential French aggression while reducing the economic independence of smaller states.

Historians have discussed three candidates for the father of Alois:

Historians have estimated at least 500, 000 emigrants used these three trails from 1843 – 1869, and despite growing competition from transcontinental railroads, some use continued into the early twentieth-century.

Historians believed that the " three clans " referred to the three biggest clans in Chu ; Qu, Jing and Zhao ( 屈 、 景 、 昭 ).

The greatest contributions to the evolution of the Thuluth script, occurred during Ottoman Empire in three successive steps that Ottoman Art Historians call " Calligraphical Revolutions ":

Historians Leonardo Bruni and Flavio Biondo developed a three tier outline of history composed of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.

Historians show that every real conspiracy has had at least four characteristic features: groups, not isolated individuals ; illegal or sinister aims, not ones that would benefit society as a whole ; orchestrated acts, not a series of spontaneous and haphazard ones ; and secret planning, not public discussion.

Historians debate on the structure and size of pageant wagons however, they are generally miniature house-like structures that rest on four to six wheels depending on the size of the wagon.

Historians rate Zbyszko among the four greatest wrestlers of all time, they being 1 ) Frank Gotch, 2 ) Georg Hackenschmidt, 3 ) Stanislaus Zbyszko and 4 ) the Great Gama.

Historians ( such as John J. Patrick ) see John Locke's four letters advocating religious toleration ( written in 1685 and published in 1689 ) as " the philosophical foundation for the English Act of Toleration of 1689 ".

Historians count 13 ( Geneva ) or 14 ( St Gallen ) plague surges in Switzerland between 1500 and 1640, accounting for 31 plague years, and since 1580, smallpox outbreaks with an especially high mortality rate ( 80 – 90 %) amongst children under the age of five occurred every four to five years.

Historians tell us that the curved shapes which represent bottoms are actually supposed to represent ocean waves, but gamblers prefer to call them bottoms and now the name has stuck.

Historians also note that Mani declared himself to be an " apostle of Jesus Christ " Also Manichaean tradition also is noted to have claimed that Mani was the reincarnation of different religious figures from Buddha, Lord Krishna, Zoroaster, and Jesus.

Historians have been long divided over More's religious actions as Chancellor.

Historians have debated the implications of the religious rivalries for the American Revolution.

Historians also note that Mani declared himself to be an " apostle of Jesus Christ " Also Manichaean tradition also is noted to have claimed that Mani was the reincarnation of different religious figures from Buddha, Lord Krishna, Zoroaster, and Jesus.

Historians have noted the appearance of a religious revival during the famine months, most famously the alleged apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary along with two saints at a church in Knock in County Mayo.

Historians established on the basis of analysis of evidences, that this place was a reputed religious center for the Hindus in the period of Pals.

Historians consider that the original church or religious temple was located in this part of the village before it was relocated to its present position.

Historians like Faderman and Robert Brain believe that the descriptions of relationships such as David and Jonathan or Ruth and Naomi in this religious text establish that the customs of romantic friendship existed and were thought of as virtuous in the ancient Near East, despite the simultaneous taboo on homosexuality.

Historians have compared him to the legendary Emperor Ashoka for his religious temperament and love of peace.