3 2o RELIGION 



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 

 frangais, 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. 



