"Don't drag me into your scholarly disputes," adding "whoever you all are," with a familiar smile.

Behind the difference lies a sharp scholarly dispute, as recent conversations with some of the combatants revealed.

Gregory's origins are a matter for scholarly dispute.

The exact constitutional status of the state during this period has been a matter of scholarly and political dispute.

The soldier's identity is a matter of scholarly dispute.

His exact route over the Alps has been the source of scholarly dispute ever since.

In general, the evidence against Pauline authorship is considered too solid for scholarly dispute.

His knowledge of Hebrew has been a matter of scholarly dispute, with most scholars arguing that he did not read the language.

Though there is some scholarly dispute on the matter, these works seem to have been composed neither on commission nor for a guaranteed performance.

A famous joke among academics is that scholarly disputes are especially passionate because the stakes are so low.