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Lang's clever attacks on the myth-makers, whom he persistently describes as the philologists -- and they do indeed form part of that camp -- have had the effect of bringing 'philological theories' into sad disrepute with sciolists and 'common-sense' people.

The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894

Nietzsche clearly saw that the "philologists" (using the word chiefly in reference to the teachers of the classics in German colleges and universities) were absolutely unfitted for their high task, since they were one and all incapable of entering into the spirit of antiquity.

We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

Let the prescriptivists call themselves prescriptivists, or philologists, or whatever, but WE are the grammarians.

And cheese could be improved by making it a stapler! « Motivated Grammar 2009

This reemphasis on serious Scripture scholarship long the domain of dedicated Protestant theologians, philologists and historians led to a flowering of Catholic biblical scholarship in the last few decades.

Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination Of The Evidence S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

; I would guess that it has considerable renown (or notoriety) in certain circles, e.g. among editors, linguists, lexicographers, philologists, and usage experts and enthusiasts, but that to the general public its profile is modest to non-existent.

In praise of a reference book: MWDEU 2009

This reemphasis on serious Scripture scholarship long the domain of dedicated Protestant theologians, philologists and historians led to a flowering of Catholic biblical scholarship in the last few decades.

Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination Of The Evidence S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

As I am generally recommended by philologists, Contemporary New High German is useless for etymological purposes (one has to go back at least as far as Luther to get usable sources).

The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old? 2010

This reemphasis on serious Scripture scholarship long the domain of dedicated Protestant theologians, philologists and historians led to a flowering of Catholic biblical scholarship in the last few decades.

Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination Of The Evidence S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

The brothers, linguists and philologists, were the first to assemble a comprehensive written collection of the often dark and dangerous German tales.

On Germany's Fairy-Tale Trail Rhea Wessel 2010

It is full of information on fonts and printing processes, on philologists and collectors, on colophons and entrepreneurs.

The Bible of Bibliomania 2010