Since William Muir the historicity of this episode has been largely accepted by orientalists.

The Thallus reference is the earliest noncanonical reference to a gospel episode, but its usefulness in determining the historicity of Jesus is uncertain.

Our endeavor to capture even a faint sense of how strenuous was the fight is muffled by our indifference to the very issue which in the Boston of 1848 seemed to be the central hope of its Christian survival, that of the literal, factual historicity of the miracles as reported in the Four Gospels.

A key contested issue is the historicity of Luke's depiction of Paul.

Jacob Hoschander has argued that evidence of the historicity of Haman and his father Hamedatha is seen in Omanus and Anadatus mentioned by Strabo as being honoured with Anahita in the city of Zela.

Although these annals provide most of what is known about Ceawlin, the historicity of many of the entries is uncertain.

The historicity of this story is questioned by most scholars, although John Robert Moore later said that " no man in England but Defoe ever stood in the pillory and later rose to eminence among his fellow men ".

The precise nature of these invasions is not fully understood, the historical account being composed either hundreds of years after the events or not primarily concerned with historicity at all.

The question of the historicity of Homer the individual is known as the " Homeric question "; there is no reliable biographical information handed down from classical antiquity.

Imhotep's historicity is confirmed by two contemporary inscriptions made during his lifetime on the base or pedestal of one of Djoser's statues ( Cairo JE 49889 ) and also by a graffito on the enclosure wall surrounding Sekhemkhet's unfinished step-pyramid.

While this passage is the only reference to John the Baptist outside the New Testament, it is widely seen by most scholars as confirming the historicity of the baptisms that John performed.

There is no mention of a family relationship between John and Jesus in the other Gospels, and the scholar Raymond E. Brown has described it as " of dubious historicity ".

The absolute definition of morality in wuxia is understandably a reaction to the real world where it is not quite so clear what or who is purely good or otherwise, consider the context and the historicity of Hong Kong at the time of Louis Cha's works.

While all scholars acknowledge that there is a large mythological part of the narrative some maintain that by using a critical comparative method some level of historicity can be salvaged from the sources, whereas others maintain that continued analysis of the narratives as sources of actual history is futile and hinders access to actual knowledge of the culture of Tula, Hidalgo.

Besides the debate over the historicity of the Qing-era destruction, it is currently unknown whether there was a true southern temple, with several locations in Fujian given as the location for the monastery.

The historicity of the Trojan War is still subject to debate.

* Possible date at which Fergus Mór begins his reign – the historicity of Mór is doubtful.

While all scholars acknowledge that there is a large mythological part of the narrative some maintain that by using a critical comparative method some level of historicity can be salvaged from the sources, whereas others maintain that continued analysis of the narratives as sources of actual history is futile and hinders access to actual knowledge of the culture of Tula, Hidalgo.

" there is no historicity in this tale ", also according to Eunice Burr Stebbins, and Arion and the dolphins is given as an example of " a folkloristic motif especially associated with Apollo " by Irad Malkin > Yet there are many more or less reliable historical accounts from many periods of people being saved by dolphins.

The historicity of the event remains disputed in Japan.

However the historicity of this account has been disputed.

He is also known under the names Çilapulapu, Si Lapulapu, Salip Pulaka, and Kali Pulako ( alternatively spelled as Cali Pulaco ), though the historicity of the names are disputed.

The historicity and canonicity of the Book of Judith in early Christianity was never disputed before Jerome began to translate the Bible into Latin.

Emund Eriksson (?- c. 970 ), ( English: Edmund ), was a Swedish king of disputed historicity.

The semi-legendary kings of Sweden are the long line of Swedish kings who preceded Eric the Victorious, according to sources such as the Norse Sagas, Beowulf, Rimbert, Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, but who are of disputed historicity because many of them appear in more or less unreliable sources.

The historicity of the practice is disputed.

The three year Ministry of Jesus, culminating in his crucifixion, is estimated to have occurred from 28 – 30 CE, although the historicity of Jesus is disputed by scholars.

The Moravian Church is reputed to have received the Apostolic Succession through the Waldensian Church, but the historicity of this is disputed.

" Further, not every scholar is open to the historicity of the characters in Beowulf, and in the Norse sagas.

There are a number of reasons some scholars question the historicity of the book of Esther.

However, some scholars question Acts ' historicity.

The question of the historicity of the Exodus ( specifically, the Pharaoh of the Exodus, identification of which would connect the biblical narrative to Egyptological chronology ) has long been debated, without conclusive result.

In his day, Strauss had to offer evidence to question the historicity of any part of the gospels because his audience assumed that the gospels were historical.

Volney was one of the earliest writers to question the historicity of Jesus.

Her name first appears in 5th century martyrologies, thus leading some to question the historicity of her existence.

Some Neo-Pagans and historians question the historicity of Saint Brigid, or how much of her life as traditionally recounted is historically accurate.

In contrast, the study of the historical Jesus goes beyond the question of his historicity and attempts to reconstruct portraits of his life and teachings, based on methods such as biblical criticism of gospel texts and the history of first century Judea.

Although most historians question the historicity of the pact, the use of distinguishing marks is consistent with documentary and archaeological evidence from 7th and 8th century Iraq and Syria.

Henry Corbin in contrast believed that the question of historicity is irrelevant admitting that the idea of the hidden Imam was shaped around the person of twelfth and considering the extensive body of literature about him, saw the birth and his occultation as archetypal and symbolic, describing it as “ sacred history ”.

The origins of his veneration are obscure ; the first evidence comes about 150 years after his martyrdom ; therefore some modern scholars question the historicity of the man.

little doubt regarding the historicity of the pogrom in question.

The historicity of his coinage reform has also been called into question.

Similarly, the historicity of migration, conquest and population expulsion have also been called into question.