Modern women rarely wish to become concubines, therefore, debates about the rights of concubines are largely irrelevant.

According to Ford ’ s The Modern Theologians, “ Mary Daly has done more than anyone to clarify the problems women have concerning the central core symbolism of Chrisianity, and its effects on their self-understanding and their relationship to God .”

Modern writers have pointed to this as a reason for Brahms's later inability to have a successful relationship for marriage, etc., his view of women being warped by his experiences.

" Modern French orders of knighthood include women, for example the Légion d ' Honneur ( Legion of Honor ) since the mid-19th c., but they are usually called chevaliers.

Furthermore, a few Modern Orthodox synagogues have mechitzot dividing the left and right sides of the synagogue ( rather than the usual division between the front and back of the synagogue, with women sitting in the back ), with the women's section on one side and the men's section on the other.

Many Modern Orthodox Jewish women and Modern Orthodox rabbis sought to provide greater and more advanced Jewish education for women.

Since most Modern Orthodox women attend college, and many receive advanced degrees in a variety of fields, Modern Orthodoxy generally believes that their Jewish education should equal their secular education.

While most segments of Modern Orthodoxy ostensibly support women's education, the permissibility of Talmud study for women is still not accepted among most of Modern Orthodoxy.

Modern Orthodox Judaism, particularly in its more liberal variants, has tended to look at proposed changes in the role of women on a specific, case-by-case basis, focusing on arguments regarding the religious and legal role of specific prayers, rituals and activities individually.

Prior to 1973, Conservative Judaism had more limited roles for women and was more similar to current Modern Orthodoxy, with changes on issues including mixed seating, synagogue corporate leadership, and permitting women to be called to the Torah.

Modern Shetlanders have almost identical proportions of Scandinavian matrilineal and patrilineal ancestry, suggesting that the islands were settled by both men and women in equal measure.

Paul Johnson writes in Modern Times: " When in 1964 the Harding Papers ( which had not been burnt ) were opened to scholars, no truth at all was found in any of the myths, though it emerged that Harding, a pathetically shy man with women, had a sad and touching friendship with the wife of a Marion store-owner before his presidency.

* Modern reproductive technologies have also been used to help women with Turner syndrome become pregnant if they desire.

Rabbi Norman Lamm, one of the leaders of Modern Orthodoxy and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, opposes giving semicha to women.

Rahel Berkovits, an Orthodox Talmud teacher at Jerusalem's Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, states that as a result of such changes in Haredi and Modern Orthodox Judaism, " Orthodox women found and oversee prayer communities, argue cases in rabbinic courts, advise on halachic issues, and dominate in social work activities that are all very associated with the role a rabbi performs, even though these women do not have the official title of rabbi.

Furthermore, several efforts are underway within Modern Orthodox communities to include qualified women in activities traditionally limited to rabbis:

* In the United States, Modern Orthodox rabbis Avi Weiss and Saul Berman created an advanced educational institute for women called Torat Miriam.

* In Israel and America a growing number of Orthodox women are being trained as yoatzot halacha (" halachic advisors "), who serve many in communities ranging from Haredi to Modern Orthodox.

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 generally turn to Herodotus's own writing for reliable information about his life, very carefully supplemented with other ancient yet much later sources, such as the Byzantine Suda:

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.