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egyptienne," vol. I, Paris, 1908, vol. II in press; Ame- 

 lineau has also made notable contributions to the study 

 of Christianity in Egypt: see "Essai sur le gnosticisme 

 egyptien," Paris, 1887; "Litterature chretienne de 

 1'Egypte grecque et copte.") 



Religions of Greece and Rome, (i) Jules TOUTAIN, 

 secretary of the Section: Cults of the mountains and 

 high places in Greece; Religion and cults in the pro- 

 vince of Egypt during the Roman period ("Les cultes 

 paiens dans Tempire remain/' vols. I-II, Paris, 1907- 

 191 1 ; in "fitudes de mythologie et d'histoire des religions 

 antiques," Paris, 1909, Toutain appears as a lively 

 critic of the sociological school in their devotion to to- 

 temism). (2) A. BERTHELOT. 



Religions of Israel and the western Semites, Maurice 

 VERNES, president of the section, and professor in the 

 College Libre des sciences sociales: Ancient organization 

 of the clergy and cultus in Israel; Ecclesiastes ("L'his- 

 toire des religions, son esprit, sa methode . . ." 

 Paris, 1887; "Histoire sociale des religions," vol. I, 

 Paris, 1911). 



Talmudic and Rabbinic Judaism, Israel LEVI: Rabbinic 

 commentaries on the Psalms; The religious poems of 

 Juda Halevi (See " Revue des etudes juives, " Paris, 1880-, 

 passim; LEVI has been its editor since its beginning). 



Islam and religions of Arabia, Clement HUART: The 

 commentary of Tabari on ch. IV of the Koran; Persian 

 mysticism according to the Mesnevi of Jelal-ed-Din 

 Rumi ("Le livre de la creation et de 1'histoire," text 

 and translation, 5 vols., Paris, 1899-1916; "Histoire 

 des Arabes," 2 vols., Paris, 1912-1913). 



Byzantine Christianity, Gabriel MILLET: Byzantine 

 archaeology and religious history (Millet has edited a 

 description of "La collection chretienne et byzantine des 

 Hautes fitudes," Paris, 1903). 



