Sentence examples for scholars held that from inspiring English sources

In the past, scholars held that a parent group called the Proto-Tai originated in southern China and pushed south and west from the China landmass into northern mainland Southeast Asia.

While Muslim fundamentalist legalists reproved samāʿ as an innovation (bid ʿah), some Muslim scholars held that it was a useful innovation since it might bring souls nearer to God.

In the late 20th century, however, most scholars held that the more-pronounced Judaism in Cohen's later works was the culmination of his overall philosophical system, not a radical departure from it.

That ruling, which has been sharply criticized by some scholars, held that the fundamental principle limiting the powers of the government to those enumerated in the Constitution "is categorically true only in respect of our internal affairs".

Just one-fourth of scholars hold that view.

Some scholars hold that Spike was the true ancestor of Pythonism.

Many scholars hold that Ebonics, like several English creoles, developed from contacts between nonstandard varieties of colonial English and African languages.

There exists no historical material to prove that one system of belief is older than the other, although many scholars hold that monotheism is a higher form of religion and therefore must be a later development, assuming that what is higher came later.

Some scholars hold that Persephone's time belowground represents the summer months, when Greek fields are parched and bare, but the Hymn to Demeter, the earliest source for the myth, states explicitly that Persephone returns when the spring flowers are flourishing (line 401).

Some scholars hold that IIA property is totally reasonable in terms of model theory.

Most scholars hold that Jesus lived in Galilee and Judea and did not preach or study elsewhere.