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

The ' far-away light ' () is a reference to St Elmo's Fire, an electrical discharge supposed by ancient Greek mariners to be an epiphany of the Dioscuri, but the meaning of the line was obscured by gaps in the papyrus until reconstructed by a modern scholar — such reconstructions are typical of the extant poetry ( see Scholars, fragments and sources below ).

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

Scholars have identified several passages in Jeremiah that can be understood as “ confessions ;” they occur in the first section of the book ( chapters 1-25 ) and are 11. 18-12. 6, 15. 10-21, 17. 14-18, 18. 18-23, and 20. 7-18.

Scholars of ballads are often divided into two camps, the ‘ communalists ’ who, following the line established by the German scholar Johann Gottfried Herder ( 1744 – 1803 ) and the Brothers Grimm, argue that ballads arose by a combined communal effort and did not have a single author, and ‘ individualists ’, following the thinking of English collector Cecil Sharp, who assert that there was a single original author.

Scholars opposing this view claim that while the dagger is unusual, ghosts of murdered victims are more believable, having a basis in the audience's superstitions.

Scholars who are not Christian Scientists rely on it, but church members strongly disfavor it.

Scholars like Rudolf E. Kalman and Aleksandr Lyapunov are well-known among the people who have shaped modern control theory.

Scholars investigating the cause of civil war are attracted by two opposing theories, greed versus grievance.

Caddies often obtain a promotion in rank once a year, while often Honor takes two years to achieve and Evans Scholars are only produced by winning the venerable Evans Scholarship for university.

Scholars are divided on whether it is based on Ezra-Nehemiah, or reflects an earlier literary stage before the combination of Ezra and Nehemiah accounts.

Scholars are divided over the chronological sequence of the activities of Ezra and Nehemiah.

" Scholars are unsure whether it means the " one who gathers " or the " one among the gathering.

Scholars are not unanimous about whether this indicates two authors.

Scholars are not unanimous about the authenticity of the pastoral epistles.

Scholars may introduce their own terminology and make theoretical distinctions which are different from those of the believers themselves .”

Biblical Scholars are in wide agreement that the author of the Gospel of Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles.

Scholars are divided over whether these rules originated with Jesus or with apostolic practice.

Scholars still debate whether these twists are mistakes or intentional additions to add to the play's theme of confusion and duality.

Tasmanian State League football features five clubs from Hobart, and other leagues such as Southern Football League and the Old Scholars Football Association are also played each Winter.

Scholars suggest they are descendants of early Austroasiatic-speaking agriculturalists, who brought both their language and their technology to the southern part of the peninsula approximately 4, 000 years ago.

A third of the student body are National Merit Scholars, and at one point, about 40 percent of graduates were going on to earn a Ph. D. — the highest rate of any college or university in the nation.

Scholars generally view these variations as indications that the Josephus passages are not interpolations, for a Christian interpolator would have made them correspond to the New Testament accounts, not differ from them.

Scholars generally view these variations as indications that the Josephus passages are not interpolations, for a Christian interpolator would have made them correspond to the Christian traditions.

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 generally agree that many of the personalities of Beowulf also appear in Scandinavian sources ( specific works designated in the following section ).

Scholars also suggest that the Deuteronomists also included the humorous and sometimes disparaging commentary found in the book such as the story of the Ephraimite who could not pronounce the word " shibboleth " correctly ( Judg.

Scholars also cite the reference to “ the officials and the king ’ s sons.

Scholars have also suggested that the Book of Revelation uses combat myth imagery in its descriptions of cosmic conflict.

Scholars also point to the silence of Photios as late as the 9th century, and the fact that he does not mention the Testimonium at all in his broad review of Josephus.

Scholars have also suggested that Teotihuacan was a multiethnic state.

Scholars are also divided over the cause of mercantilism's end.

During the reign of Elizabeth I, the college also acquired the area formerly known as Volney's Croft, which today is the area of St Peter's Terrace, the William Stone Building and the Scholars ' Garden.

Scholars disagree whether a former President barred from election to the Presidency is also ineligible to be elected Vice President, as suggested by the Twelfth Amendment.

Scholars that continue to research the background of the Zohar include Yehudah Liebes ( who wrote his doctor's degree for Scholem on the subject of a Dictionary of the Vocabulary of the Zohar in 1976 ), and Daniel C. Matt, also a student of Scholem, who is currently reconstructing a critical edition of the Zohar based on original unpublished manuscripts.

Scholars also debate the exact influence of Jewish thought on Durkheim's work.

There are also 40 Queen's Scholars who are pupils at Westminster School ( the School has its own Governing Body ).

Scholars tend to see Baʿal Hammon as more or less identical with the god El, who was also generally identified with Cronus and Saturn.

Scholars have also suggested an origin in the Indo-European root * ser-' to watch over, protect ', akin to Latin servare ' to keep, guard, protect, preserve, observe '.

Scholars have also discussed “ constitutional transformation … occurs when a constitutional provision has lost its effectiveness but has been replaced by a new meaning .” The Liberal Democratic Party has interpreted Article 9 as renouncing the use of warfare in international disputes but not the internal use of force for the purpose of maintaining law and order.

Scholars have also analyzed the phrase “ I will take you .” Rose associates this term with a mission, change, or protection.

Scholars also believe that the name of the individual may originally have been Shammah, and became corrupted under the influence of the Shamgar in the Song of Deborah.

Scholars have theorized a potential connection between Skaði and the god Ullr ( who is also associated with skiing and appears most frequently in place names in Sweden ), a particular relationship with the jötunn Loki, and that Scandinavia may be related to the name Skaði ( potentially meaning " Skaði's island ") or the name may be connected to an Old Norse noun meaning " harm ".

Scholars have also seen the novel as expressing the values and ideas of the Free Will Movement.

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.