Modern scholars assign a wide range of genres to the Acts of the Apostles, including biography, novel and history.

Modern studies have shown the important role such concepts played in the world-view of Early Medieval scholars.

Modern scholars have instead proposed that, with the eponymous Benjamin being just a metaphor, son of the south / son of the right are references to the tribe's being subordinate to the more dominant tribe of Ephraim.

Modern scholars mostly accept the identification.

The Essenes ( in Modern but not in Ancient Hebrew:, Isiyim ; Greek: Εσσήνοι, Εσσαίοι, or Οσσαίοι ; Essēnoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi ) were a sect of Second Temple Judaism that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE which some scholars claim seceded from the Zadokite priests.

Modern scholars question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Jimmu's descendant, Emperor Sujin, is the first that, many agree, may have existed, in third or fourth century.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Suizei's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Annei's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Kōshō's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Kōan's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Kōrei's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ; and Kaika's son Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed, in third or fourth century.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors ( cf.

Modern scholars such as Lee Hollander explain that Lokasenna was intended to be humorous and that the accusations thrown by Loki in the poem are not necessarily to be taken as " generally accepted lore " at the time it was composed.

Modern scholars consider many claimed noble ancestries to be fabrications, such as the Anglo-Saxon chronicles that traced the ancestry of several English kings to the god Woden.

Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought ( he is sometimes identified as the first economist ), archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.

Modern scholars have accepted his identification of Amphidamas but disagreed with his conclusion.

Modern scholars therefore see Israel arising peacefully and internally in the highlands.

The Essenes ( in Modern but not in Ancient Hebrew:, Isiyim ; Greek: Εσσηνοι, Εσσαιοι, or Οσσαιοι ; Essēnoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi ) were a Jewish sect that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE which some scholars claim seceded from the Zadokite priests.

Some scholars believe that Modern Orthodoxy arose from the religious and social realities of Western European Jewry.

Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priya-muwa -, which means " exceptionally courageous ".

The History of Childhood, authored by ten scholars ( including deMause ), is often linked to Edward Shorter's The Making of the Modern Family and Lawrence Stone's The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800, because of the common ground they share in agreeing with a grim perspective of childhood history.

Modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell favor the derivation from " bind, connect ", probably from a prefixed, i. e. re ( again ) + ligare or " to reconnect ," which was made prominent by St. Augustine, following the interpretation of Lactantius.

Modern discussions of alchemy are generally split into an examination of its exoteric practical applications, and its esoteric aspects.

Modern self-propelled artillery vehicles may superficially resemble tanks, but they are generally lightly armoured, too lightly to survive in direct-fire combat.

Modern historians generally accept these numbers as reasonable.

Modern brass instruments generally come in one of two families:

Modern societies generally regard crimes as offences against the public or the state, as distinguished from torts ( wrongs against private parties that can give rise to a civil cause of action ).

Modern single-panel gag cartoons, found in magazines, generally consist of a single drawing with a typeset caption positioned beneath or ( much less often ) a speech balloon.

Modern Judaism generally rejects this form of motivation, instead teaching to do the right thing because it's the right thing to do.

Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, is generally considered the author who led the form into the Modern Age.

Modern languages also generally support modular programming, the separation between the interface of a library module and its implementation.

Modern German features the cognate term Ostern, but otherwise, Germanic languages generally use the non-native term pascha for the event.

Modern cinema is generally regarded as descending from the work of the French Lumière brothers in 1895, and their show first came to London in 1896.

Modern U. S. civilian carbines include compact customizations of the AR-15, Ruger Mini-14, Beretta Cx4 Storm, Kel-Tec SUB-2000, bolt-action rifles generally falling under the specifications of a scout rifle, and aftermarket conversion kits for popular pistols including the M1911 and Glock models.

Modern editors generally follow this traditional division, but consider it unsatisfactory ; for example, after Hamlet drags Polonius's body out of Gertrude's bedchamber, there is an act-break after which the action appears to continue uninterrupted.

Modern scholarship has doubted their authenticity, and these works are generally referred to as forming part of the " Hesiodic Corpus " whether or not their authorship is accepted.

The latter construction is the one generally used in Modern Hebrew.

Modern reloading dies are generally standardized with 7 / 8-14 ( or, for the case of 50 BMG dies, with 1-1 / 4x12 ) threads and are interchangeable with all common brands of presses, although older dies may use other threads and be press-specific.

Within Modern Orthodox Judaism, there is no one committee or leader, but Modern Orthodox rabbis generally agree with the views set by consensus by the leaders of the Rabbinical Council of America.

Modern Orthodox authorities are generally more inclined to permit limited changes in customs, and some reconsideration of precedent.

Modern theatrical improvisation is generally accepted to have taken form in the improvisational acting exercises developed by Viola Spolin in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, now known as Theater Games.

Modern improvisational comedy, as it is practiced in the West, falls generally into two categories: shortform and longform.

Word order in Old Norse was generally freer than in Modern English.

Modern instruments with 15 or fewer strings are generally more closely modeled on traditional shapes, and form a category of instrument known as small kantele, in contrast to the modern concert kantele.