Two Lectures on the Science of Language

by James Hope Moulton

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

, 1903

Overview

This small volume is made up of two lectures Moulton gave to students at Cambridge on August 19th and 20th in 1902. At the time of his lectures, there was no introductory volume in linguistics available in English, and so Moulton presented these essays to Cambridge University Press for publication to help fill that gap. The goal of the lectures was to rouse the audience's interest in the study of language and encourage further reading in the field.

While much has changed and developed in linguistics since Moulton's day, the study of historical linguistics, of which Moulton's comparative philology was a part, continues to use the same basic methodologies as Moulton himself used. This fact, combined with the reality that linguistic study still struggles to make inroads into biblical scholarship, makes Moulton's small volume particularly valuable.

Key Features

• Introductory discussions and explanations of New Testament Greek grammar
• Published to address absense of an English introductory volume in linguistics
• All Scripture references appear on mouse-over
• Completely interactive with your Logos library

Praise for the Print Edition

[T]he mass of illustration gleaned from the papyri and the later inscriptions serves . . . to bring [the Greek New Testament] into direct connection with the contemporary vernacular. This result, and other conclusions of great importance for all who are engaged in the study of the New Testament, will be found succinctly and graphically stated by [Moulton] in his lecture on The Science of Language and the Study of the New Testament.

—George Milligan, Journal of Theological Studies,

Product Details

• Title: Two Lectures on the Science of Language
• Author: James Hope Moulton
• Publisher: Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1903
• Pages: 79

About James Hope Moulton

James Hope Moulton (1863–1917) was born in Richmond, Surrey. A Wesleyan minister, Moulton held various academic appointments. The most important of which was Greenwood professor of Hellenistic Greek and Indo–European philology at the University of Manchester. He was awarded a number of honorary degrees by leading British and German universities, and published many books and papers on Zoroastrianism and the Greek texts that the Bible is derived from. His main writings are An Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek, The Science of Language and the Study of the New Testament , Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 1, Early Religious Poetry of Persia, Early Zoroastrianism, Religions and Religion, From Egyptian Rubbish Heaps, British and German Scholarship, The Treasure of the Magi, A Neglected Sacrament and Other Studies and Addresses, and The Christian Religion in the Study and the Street. He died of exposure after the ship on which he was returning from a tour of India was torpedoed and sunk.