Scholars have often believed that Ammianus ' work was intended for public recitation for two reasons: the overwhelming presence of accentual clausulae, which implies that it was intended to be read aloud ; and epistle 1063 of Libanius to a Marcellinus of Rome which refers to public recitations.

Scholars speculate that the total Araucanian population may have numbered 1 million at most when the Spaniards arrived in the 1530s ; a century of European conquest and disease reduced that number by at least half.

Scholars such as Frederick W. Mote argue that the wide drop in numbers reflects an administrative failure to record rather than an actual decrease ; others such as Timothy Brook argue that the Mongols created a system of enserfment among a huge portion of the Chinese populace, causing many to disappear from the census altogether ; other historians like William McNeill and David Morgan argue that the Bubonic Plague was the main factor behind the demographic decline during this period.

Scholars have theorized about whether or not Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples ; about her connection to the valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain ; and her relation to other goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology, including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig / Heiðr, the goddesses Gefjon, Skaði, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa, Menglöð, and the 1st century BCE " Isis " of the Suebi.

" Scholars have put forward several theories to explain Papias: perhaps Matthew wrote two gospels, one, now lost, in Hebrew, the other our Greek version ; or perhaps the logia was a collection of sayings rather than the gospel ; or by dialektōi Papias may have meant that Matthew wrote in the Jewish style rather than in the Hebrew language.

* Milken Scholars, a program that provides outstanding high school graduates with a commitment of four years of college financial assistance, counseling, volunteer opportunities and preparation for graduate studies ;

Scholars have long seen Webster's 1844 dictionary to be an important resource for reading poet Emily Dickinson's life and work ; she once commented that the " Lexicon " was her " only companion " for years.

Scholars contend that Macbeth is one of the most overwhelming pieces of evidence against the Oxfordian position ; the vast majority of critics believe the play was written in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot.

Scholars of the 19th century tended to interpret these titles as the names of distinct works covering separate voyages ; for example, Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology hypothesizes a voyage to Britain and Thule written about in " Ocean " and another from Cadiz to the Don river, written about in " Sail Around.

* ---, On Deconstructing Life-Worlds: Buddhism, Christianity, Culture ( Atlanta: Scholars Press of American Academy of Religion, 1997 ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 ; ISBN 0-7885-0295-6, cloth, ISBN 0-7885-0296-4, pbk ).

( Reprinted in Ong's Faith and Contexts ( Scholars Press, 1999 ; 4: 69-91.

The introduction is reprinted in Ong's Faith and Contexts ( Scholars Press, 1999 ; 4: 111-41 ).

Scholars have often noted that the shadows of the figures all fall away from the chapel window, as if the figures are lit by it ; this is an added stroke of verisimilitude and further tribute to Masaccio's innovative genius.

One boarding house, College, is reserved for seventy King's Scholars, who attend Eton on scholarships provided by the original foundation and awarded by examination each year ; King's Scholars pay up to 90 % of full fees, depending on their means.

* Magliola, Robert, On Deconstructing Life-Worlds: Buddhism, Christianity, Culture, Atlanta: Scholars P, American Academy of Religion, 1997 ; Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000 ( ISBN 0-7885-0296-4 ).

Scholars have generally concluded that archaeological, linguistic, and documentary evidence shows the Pequot and their ancestors to have been longer in the Connecticut River Valley ; essentially, they may be considered to have been indigenous for centuries before the arrival of Europeans.

Scholars have argued that the secondary purpose of the narrative about Onan and Tamar, of which the description of Onan is a part, was to either assert the institution of levirate marriage, or present an aetiological myth for its origin ; Onan's role in the narrative is, thus, as the brother abusing his obligations by agreeing to sexual intercourse with his dead brother's wife, but refusing to allow her to become pregnant as a result.

The Foundation also includes the choristers, lay clerks, organists, King's Scholars, the Six Preachers and a range of other officers ; some of these posts are moribund, such as that of the cathedral barber.

Scholars have treated the claim with intense skepticism ; the play has not survived.

Scholars generally assume that the appearance of the blue monkey in Aegean iconography was due to the import of the actual animal from north Africa ; they were iconic religious animals in Egypt

* Reynolds, L. D. and Wilson, Nigel Scribes and Scholars: A guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin Literature Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1974

The Bailey Scholars Program incorporates L. H.

Scholars Diane Blair and Jay L. Barth continue: “ As long as Rockefeller led the Arkansas Republicans, the party had a progressive, reformist cast, and those whom Rockefeller had brought into the party continued to dominate party offices and shape presidential preferences until 1980 ,” when the nomination and election of Ronald W. Reagan of California as president and Frank D. White as governor moved power within the state GOP “ sharply to the right .” Ultimately the growth of the Republican Party was slower in Arkansas than in the other southern states in the post-segregation era.

Morehouse is one of two black colleges in the country to produce Rhodes Scholars, and it is the alma mater of many African-American leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., theologian Howard Thurman, filmmaker Spike Lee, actor Samuel L. Jackson, Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses, musician Lil Jon, former Bank of America Chairman Walter E. Massey, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan, and former United States Surgeon General David Satcher, among others.

* Lester E. Bush, Jr. and Armand L. Mauss, eds., Neither White nor Black: Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church, Signature Books, 1984

The Lehman Scholars Program ( L. S. P.

Scholars Chaim Perelman and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, in their book The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation, argue that the rhetor " is in a better position than anyone else to test the value of his own arguments.

L. Macy ( Accessed 6 August 2006 ), < http :// www. grovemusic. com. turing. library. northwestern. edu ></ ref > Scholars believe that Mozart wrote perhaps three bassoon concerti, but that only the first has survived.

* Horace Bushnell, Selected Writings on Language, Religion, and American Culture, David L. Smith, ed., Scholars Press, 1984, ISBN 0-89130-636-6

Scholars L. Michael White and Helmut Koester see the account of the guards in Matthew as an apologetic attempt of the writer to explain the Jewish claims that the disciples stole the body which were circulating at the time.

At last count, sixteen former Rhodes Scholars ( see box on page 13 ) had been appointed to the Administration, second in number only to its Harvard graduates.

Scholars made numbered sets of as many things as possible in Nature, or assigned arbitrary numbers to individual things, in a fashion that seems to the modern scientific mind as downright nonsensical, and philosophical ideas based upon all this tended to stifle speculative thought in China for many centuries.

Scholars include the linguist and Boasian Edward Sapir.

Scholars generally believe the earliest indigenous populations of Anatolia were the Hattians and Hurrians.

Scholars from this school were good orators, debaters and tacticians.

Scholars place Antoninus Pius as the leading candidate for fulfilling the role as a friend of Rabbi Judah the Prince.

Scholars moved in multiple directions, covering in disconnected fashion the social, economic, and cultural history of different eras and different parts of the globe.

Scholars are unsure how much of Aristophanes ' portrayal is fact and how much mere comic invention.

Scholars such as Dierk Lange attribute the decline of ancient Ghana to numerous unrelated factors, only one of which can be likely attributable to internal dynastic struggles that were instigated by Almalvorid influence and Islamic pressures, but devoid of any military conversion and conquest.

Scholars in support of the idea of Amos being from the North also say it makes more sense because of Amaziah's accusation of conspiracy found in chapter seven, verse 10.

Scholars break the book of Amos up into three sections.

The Honors college enrolls 3523 undergraduate students, 613 of whom are National Merit Scholars.

Scholars have mapped at least four major regional variations of spoken American English: Northern, Southern, Midland, and Western.

Scholars think that Luke attempts to legitimate Christianity by rooting it in Israelite tradition as evidenced by Luke constantly relating Christianity to Jewish religion.

Scholars generally prefer Paul's account over that in Acts.

Scholars dispute whether and how much Plato's story or account was inspired by older traditions.

Scholars translated it for him, and he testified that their account fully agreed with Plato's account of Atlantis " or J. V. Luce's suggestion that Crantor sent " a special enquiry to Egypt " and that he may simply be referring to Plato's own claims.

He has served as scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D. C. and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Scholars have debated whether Athanasius ' list in 367 was the basis for the later lists.

Scholars who favored Irish parallels directly spoke out against pro-Scandinavian theories, citing them as unjustified.