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won fame by his reply to Harnack's "Das Wesen des 

 Christentums" ("L'evangile et 1'eglise," 3d ed., Paris, 

 1904); equally important are his study of the Fourth 

 Gospel ("Le quatrieme evangile," Paris, 1903) and his 

 two volumes on the Synoptic gospels ("Les evangiles 

 synoptiques," Paris, 1907-1908); his five essays published 

 under the title, "A propos d'histoire des religions" 

 (Paris, 1911), represent his complete acceptance of the 

 comparative method in the study of religion. 



Libraries. Beside the many general libraries in Paris, 

 a few special collections should be mentioned: (i) 

 Library of the Societe de 1'histoire du Protestantisme 

 fran^ais, about 60,000 vols. and mss. ; (2) Library of the 

 Faculte Libre de Theologie Protestante, about 36,000 

 vols. on all branches of the study of Christianity; (3) 

 Library of the Alliance Israelite, about 25,000 vols. on 

 Judaism; (4) Library of the ficole normale Israelite, 

 about 30,000 vols. on Jewish history and literature; 

 (5) Library of the ficole Rabbinique Centrale, about 

 15,000 vols. 



Unique and extremely useful to the student is the 

 Musee Guimet, with its 32,000 vols. and its large col- 

 lection of religious objects of all kinds, photographs, etc., 

 dealing principally with the religions of the Far East, 

 but including collections for many other religions. 



