The modern consensus is that it was more of a discussion document and not a formally-adopted government policy.
The book also mentions 6 ancient Palestinian cities whose locations correspond to the modern consensus among experts.
Recent research has narrowed the estimates to between 1.8 and 5 million, with modern consensus for a likely total of 3-3.5 million.
Elements of modern macroeconomic consensus were criticized following the financial crisis.
The modern consensus is that Einstein's concept of realism is too restrictive.
But falling back on the modern consensus hardly validates a claim to the composer's authority.
The modern scholarly consensus holds that he died before 93/94.
The modern consensus, however, is that both outbreaks were of smallpox.
The topic has been hotly debated but the modern consensus revolves around the figure of 300-500,000.
This rendition is fraught with many errors but the basic story line seems to fit the modern consensus.