Though many evangelical commentators still defend the traditional sixth century date for the book's composition, the scholarly consensus is that it is a product of Maccabean times.

Though controversial ( with many traditional herpetologists still using Bufo marinus ) the binomial Rhinella marina is gaining in acceptance with such bodies as the IUCN, Encyclopaedia of Life, Amphibian Species of the World and increasing numbers of scientific publications adopting its usage.

Though deists rejected atheism, they often were called " atheists " by more traditional theists.

Though not a commercial success, Gilded was measured by rock critic Robert Christgau as " an ominous, obsessive, tongue-in-cheek country-rock synthesis, absorbing rural and urban, traditional and contemporary, at point of impact.

Though details of genealogy differ from one ancient author to another, the cultural significance of the mythic theme, that the descendants of Heracles, exiled after his death, returned after some generations in order to reclaim land that their ancestors had held in Mycenaean Greece, was to assert the primal legitimacy of a traditional ruling clan that traced its origin, thus its legitimacy, to Heracles.

Though not possible in traditional Latin dances like Rumba, Cha-cha, Tango Argentino because of partner separation, hip contact is a harmonious and sensual way of communicating movement to the partner, used primarily in Standard or Ballroom Dances ( English / slow Waltz, European Tango, Quickstep etc.

Though single employer market power is unlikely to exist in most labor markets in the sense of the traditional ' company town ,' asymmetric information, imperfect mobility, and the ' personal ' element of the labor transaction give some degree of wage-setting power to most firms.

Though the 1960s and 1970s brought positive changes such as Women's Liberation and the Civil Rights Movement, Mormon leaders were alarmed by the erosion of traditional values, the sexual revolution, the widespread use of recreational drugs, moral relativism, and other forces they saw as damaging to the family.

Though candles may be used, the traditional practice is to use olive oil in the seven-branch lampstand.

Though, " traditional functions do not apply ," such as the, " brief forays into another key ," implied by secondary dominants, the, " traditional ," ' five-of ' ( V / x ) names are often used by musicians without formal training and are useful to, " distinguish them from the ... chords of the chromatic-minor system.

Though Shaka probably did not invent the iklwa, according to Zulu scholar John Laband ( 37 ), the leader did insist that his warriors train with the weapon, which gave them a " terrifying advantage over opponents who clung to the traditional practice of throwing their spears and avoiding hand-to-hand conflict.

Though some more traditional Muslims may keep quiet about their vegetarian diet, the number of vegetarian Muslims is increasing.

Though Faery Wicca may draw inspiration from some of the customs practiced among the ancient and modern Celts, it shares more with other modern Wiccan and Neo-Wiccan traditions than with the " Fairy Faith " as it is known in traditional Gaelic cultures.

Though not noted as a religious painter, Wilkie made the trip with a Protestant agenda to reform religious painting, as he believed that: " a Martin Luther in painting is as much called for as in theology, to sweep away the abuses by which our divine pursuit is encumbered ", by which he meant traditional Christian iconography.

Though the traditional Mexican shot is straight tequila, lime is the fruit of choice when a chaser must be used.

Though the traditional categories of deixis are perhaps the most obvious, there are other types of deixis that are similarly pervasive in language use.

The ‘ psalms ’ section sets texts drawn from Sternhold's psalter of 1549 in the traditional manner, while the ‘ sonnets and pastorals ’ section employs lighter, more rapid motion with crotchet ( quarter-note ) pulse, and sometimes triple metre ( Though Amaryllis dance in green ).

Though it resembles a pizza, it is made with bread dough and the traditional variety never has a tomato topping.

Though the storm stalled economic development and the city of Houston grew into the region's principal metropolis, Galveston economic leaders recognized the need to diversify from the traditional port-related industries.

Though considered one of the ten kingdoms, the Northern Han was based in the traditional Shatuo Turk stronghold of Shanxi.

Though " peasant " is a word of loose application, once a market economy has taken root the term peasant proprietors is frequently used to describe the traditional rural population in countries where smallholders farm much of the land.

Though Stoker's Count Dracula remained an iconic figure, especially in the new medium of cinema, as in the film Nosferatu, 20th century vampire fiction went beyond traditional Gothic horror and explored new genres such as science fiction.

Though Catalonia is best known for sardana music played by a cobla, there are other traditional styles of dance music like ball de bastons ( stick-dances ), galops, ball de gitanes.

Though the University's traditional students are transitioning to West Point, Georgia in Fall 2012, the East Point location will remain active for the school's adult studies program.

Though the local folklore may have tainted its true meaning over the years there is still a possibility that this was once a Walpurgis night.

Though foxes in folklore can possess a person of their own will, Kitsunetsuki is often attributed to the malign intents of hereditary fox employers, or tsukimono-suji.

Though they have other traits in common — such animals are often old, they grow additional tails along with their abilities, and they frequently still have some animal traits to betray them — there are distinctions between the folklore in the various countries.

Though she is usually human, she can also be of any other species, including fictional or folklore | folkloric species ; and even divine figures such as an angel or deity.

Though this has been refuted by the Oxford dictionary and hailed as " nothing apart from local folklore ... after all, the phrase isn't ' a local Ashbourne '.

Though there is little historical evidence available to support the argument that the Saurashtrians lived in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in Western India, folklore, and recent linguistic and genetic researches have been able to establish, that this region was indeed once the habitat of the Saurashtrians.

Though he did not reach a high level of formal education, he undertook an impassioned study of Ainu folklore, art, language and history.

Though later legend and folklore depicts revenants as returning for a specific purpose ( e. g., revenge against the deceased's killer ), in most Medieval accounts they return to harass their surviving families and neighbours.

Though one can't be certain of her intentions, local folklore tells us that it was murder.

Though identified with bigfoot, there is little evidence in the indigenous folklore that it is meant to refer the same or a similar creature.

Though he is a popular figure in Florida folklore, no evidence of his existence appears in writing before the early 20th century.

Though evincing many features characteristic of oral poetry, the Iliad and Odyssey were at some point committed to writing.

Though it began as a visual arts group, it also spread to other forms of expression, such as drama, poetry and dance.

Though differing with Whistler on several points, including his insistence that poetry was a higher form of art than painting, Oscar Wilde was generous in his praise and hailed the lecture a masterpiece: " not merely for its clever satire and amusing jests … but for the pure and perfect beauty of many of its passages.

Though not a poet himself, he developed a love for poetry and literature.

Though initially mainly a German artistic movement, most predominant in painting, poetry and the theatre between 1910-30, most precursors of the movement were not German.

Though the Silver Age is famous mostly for its poetry, it produced some first-rate novelists and short-story writers, such as Aleksandr Kuprin, Nobel Prize winner Ivan Bunin, Leonid Andreyev, Fedor Sologub, Aleksey Remizov, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Andrei Bely, though most of them wrote poetry as well as prose.

In reviewing his posthumously published Collected Poems in 1966, Karl Malkoff of The Sewanee Review wrote: Though not definitive, Roethke: Collected Poems is a major book of poetry.

Though the rules laid down are of value, their tendency is rather to hamper and render too mechanical the efforts of poetry.

Though his work flourished most under the twenty-seven year reign of Jalal ud-Din Shah Shuja ( Shah Shuja ), it is claimed Hāfez briefly fell out of favor with Shah Shuja for mocking inferior poets ( Shah Shuja wrote poetry himself and may have taken the comments personally ), forcing Hāfez to flee from Shiraz to Isfahan and Yazd, although no historical evidence of this is available.

Though Hāfez ’ s poetry is influenced by Islam, he is widely respected by Hindus, Christians and others.

Though the " clammy " aspect of " fever ", the excessive ripeness associated with tropical climates, intrude into the poem, these elements, less prominent than in Keats's earlier poetry, are counterbalanced by the dry, crisp autumnal air of rural England.

Shortly thereafter Nekrasov authored his first collection of poetry, Dreams and Sounds, published under the name " N. N ." Though his patron poet Vasily Zhukovsky expressed a favorable opinion of the beginner's work, it was promptly dismissed as Romantic doggerel by Vissarion Belinsky, the most important Russian literary critic of the first half of 19th century, in.

Though the novel is sparse in style, it covers a number of topics: personal shame, the subjugation of women, a changing country, animal rights, and romantic poetry and its symbolism.

In the " Individual Notes on Works and Authors " in the " Special Collaborations Issue " of Locus Solus, Kenneth Koch wrote, " Though Harris was wrong about who Ern Malley ' was ' ( if one can use that word here ), I find it hard not to agree with his judgment of Malley's poetry.

Though establishing herself as a poet with tendencies and obsessions at some remove from an Objectivist ethos ( or so it may be argued at a first reading ) DuPlessis has played a crucial role in the dissemination and survival of Objectivist poetry and poetics well into the 21st century.

Though his achievements as a critic of fiction were impressive, Leavis is often viewed as having been a better critic of poetry than of the novel.

Though still living in a strict religious home, Táhirih was educated in theology, jurisprudence, Persian literature, and poetry.

Though the movement itself lasted only ten years — until Orhan Veli's death in 1950, after which Melih Cevdet Anday and Oktay Rifat moved on to other styles — its effect on Turkish poetry continues to be felt today.

Though his Irish roots are clear in his poetry, Grennan has an international sense of literary tradition.

Though not against T. S. Eliot, Koch opposed the idea that in order to write poetry one had to be depressed or think that the world is a terrible place.

According to Yves Gautier in the book, “ Michael Jackson, Backdoor to Neverland ”: “ Though few know about it, Michael Jackson is a voracious reader and there is a 10, 000-volume library in the Neverland Ranch, that focuses on art, psychology and poetry .”

Though he was certainly not the creator of the Occitan lyric poetry, William, count of Poitiers, by personally cultivating it gave it a position of honor, and indirectly contributed in a very powerful degree to ensure its development and preservation.

Though there was a strong inclination towards Chinese poetry, some eminent waka poets were active in the early Heian period, including the six best waka poets.