Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 111: 1475-1502, 1999 December; SEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR DISTANT GALAXIES; INTRODUCTION (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
Rowan Williams(英语:Rowan Williams) argues that the traditional figure of 318 is symbolic and derived from Genesis 14:14, whereas the actual number would have been around 250. Rowan Williams, Arius (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002), 67.