1898-1899—Prof. Karl Budde, D.D.—Religion of Israel to the Exile.

1904-1905—Prof. George Steindorff, Ph.D.—The Religion of the Ancient Egyptians.

1905-1906—Prof. George W. Knox, D.D., LL.D.—The Development of Religion in Japan.

1906-1907—Prof. Maurice Bloomfield, Ph.D., LL.D.—The Religion of the Veda.

1907-1908—Prof. A.V.W. Jackson, Ph.D., LL.D.—The Religion of Persia.[1]

1909-1910—Prof. Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph.D.—Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria.

1910-1911—Prof. J.J.M. DeGroot—The Development of Religion in China.

1911-1912—Prof. Franz Cumont.[2]—Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans.

[Footnote 1: This course was not published by the Committee, but will form part of Prof. Jackson's volume on the Religion of Persia in the series of Handbooks on the History of Religions, edited by Prof. Morris Jastrow, Jr., and published by Messrs. Ginn & Company of Boston. Prof. Jastrow's volume is, therefore, the eighth in the series.]

[Footnote 2: Owing to special circumstances, Prof. Cumont's volume was published before that of Prof. DeGroot. It is, therefore, the ninth in the series and that of Prof. DeGroot the tenth.]