About the Author

Professor JacquesWaardenburg taught at the Universities of California (UCLA) and Utrecht (Netherlands) before holding the chair of Religionswissenschaft at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Reviews

"Professor Waardenburg has presented twenty thougth-provoking studies in depth, together making a learned and rich source of information, for which many friends, colleagues and others will be grateful to him."Jan Slomp in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 5-6/2007