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 ).

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 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 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.

Other Scholars, such as Elizabeth Dunn and Julia Elyachar have claimed that neoliberalism requires and creates its own form of governmentality.

Scholars such as J. N. Mohanty, Claire Ortiz Hill, and Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock, among others, have argued that Husserl's so-called change from psychologism to Platonism came about independently of Frege's review.

Scholars such as Fannie Ratchford and Derek Roper have attempted to piece together a Gondal storyline and chronology from these poems.

Scholars such as Goswin König and A. C. Bradley have estimated approximate dates of undated works of Shakespeare by studying the frequency of enjambment.

Scholars such as D. A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and Craig Blomberg, often agree with Robinson.

Scholars discuss historiography topically – such as the " historiography of Catholicism ", the " historiography of early Islam ", or the " historiography of China " – as well as specific approaches and genres, such as political history and social history.

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 of Islam, such as Sheikh al-Islam Imam Malik, and Imam Shafi amongst others, ruled that Islam disallowed homosexual activity and ordained capital punishment for a person guilty of it.

Scholars such as Claudia Setzer have noted the differences between the rationale for the death of John the Baptist presented by Josephus, and the theological variations ( e. g. whether immersion in water can result in the forgiveness of sins, etc.

Scholars defending Luke's authorship say there is no reason for early Christians to attribute these works to such a minor figure if he did not in fact write them, nor is there any tradition attributing this work to any other author.

Scholars such as Rosalind Clark hold that the names are unrelated, the Welsh " Morgan " ( Wales being the source of Arthurian legend ) being derived from root words associated with the sea, while the Irish " Morrígan " has its roots either in a word for " terror " or a word for " greatness ".

Scholars such as Hans Conzelmann and 20th century theologian John Knox dispute the historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles .< ref >

The art of the novel reached a pinnacle in Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, but its combination of social commentary and psychological insight were echoed in highly skilled novels such as Wu Jingzi's The Scholars ( 1750 ) and Li Ruzhen's Flowers in the Mirror ( 1827 ).

Scholars such as Francis Bacon developed the study of " scientific rhetoric.

Scholars such as Helck think that the context was meant to be serious.

Scholars in the late 19th and early 20th century explored the generations of families the authors considered disreputable, such as the The Jukes family and the The Kallikak Family ( both were pseudonyms for real families ).

Scholars have connected the month event and Yule time period to the Wild Hunt ( a ghostly procession in the winter sky ), the god Odin ( who is attested in Germanic areas as leading the Wild Hunt and, as mentioned above, bears the name Jólnir ), and increased supernatural activity, such as the aforementioned Wild Hunt and the increased activities of draugar — undead beings who walk the earth.

Scholars disagree about the various, too often contradictory, accounts of his life given in sources from his era of history, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, and the Heimskringla, a 13th-century work by Icelandic author Snorri Sturluson.

Scholars such as Michel Graulich ( 2002 ) and Susan D. Gillespie ( 1989 ) maintain that the difficulties in salvaging actual historic data from the Aztec accounts of Toltec history are too great to overcome.

Scholars have described Ukraine's political system as " weak, fractured, highly personal and ideologically vacuous while the judiciary and media fail to hold politicians to account " ( Dr. Taras Kuzio in 2009 ).

Scholars who hold that an edition is an entirely new set of type will count the 1855, 1856, 1860, 1867, 1871 – 72, and 1881.

Scholars most commonly hold postmodernism to be a movement of ideas arising from, but also critical of elements of modernism.

Scholars such as Mogens Herman Hansen suggest the pnyx was able to hold about 6, 000 citizens, though later expansions may have accommodated 8, 000 or as many as 13, 000.

Scholars now generally hold that the economic prosperity that followed the treaty was largely the result of these other factors.

Scholars have suggested that the " OpenDocument standard is the wedge that can hold open the door for competition, particularly with regard to the specific concerns of the public sector.

On April 28, 1324, letters patent were issued by the King giving de Brome licence to found a college of Scholars, allowing him to hold in mortmain a messuage worth £ 30 a year for the " students of divers sciences in the Virgin's honour ", to be governed by a rector elected by the scholars, the details of the government to be settled by de Brome himself.

Scholars in the 19th century especially espoused this view ; it largely went out of fashion in academia by around 1940, although many amateurs still hold to it.

Scholars such as Fazel Lankarani and Ayatollah Sanei hold that stoning penalty is imposed only if the adulterer has had sexual access to his or her mate.

Scholars who hold the Exodus to represent historical truth concede that the most the evidence can suggest is plausibility.

Scholars also hold that the Khampas or Khambas / Khambus of Tibet and the Kambis / Kumbis of Gujarat are the distant relatives of the Kambojs of Indian Punjab and the Kambohs of Pakistan.

Scholars hold the Karika as well as Shankara's Commentary on it in high esteem.

Scholars of the Svetambara community itself tend to hold with the belief that there was only one Haribhadra.

Critics, such as the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society ( TJHS ) Scholars Commission ( 2001 ), have argued against the TJF report and reached different conclusions about the DNA tests.

Scholars report the Cherokee word ' di li gwa ' describes a type of native grain with a red hue that grew in the flat open areas of east Tennessee.

Scholars that have written about the succession report that Satpal and the rest of the family accepted and supported Prem's declaration of succession for eight years.

* Opportunities and Constraints for the Disarmament and Repatriation of Foreign Armed Groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( with link to report, PowerPoint and video of presentation by Hans Romkema and Steve Bradley ) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, September 2007, in particular p. 12

Critics, such as the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society ( TJHS ) Scholars Commission ( 2001 ), have argued against the TJF report.

* U. S. Muslim Scholars Issue Edict Against Terrorism, report by Jason DeRose, NPR, July 28, 2005