* Some parts of this paper were given in a lecture entitled “The Demonology of Robertson Smith' at the Robertson Smith Congress in Aberdeen in April 1994, for the invitation to which I thank Prof. William Johnstone. Its present form was prepared for a seminar at the Carlos Institute, Modena, in May 1994. I thank Dr. Andrea Borsari for the occasion, and for his valuable criticism and his work on preparing an Italian version.

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