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History of Religions in Italy: A Postscript

My short review, "History of Religions in Italy: The State of the Art" (History of Religions 20 [1981]: 253-62), has provoked a number of reactions from Italian scholars which, though positive on the whole, nevertheless contained several criticisms concerning the incompleteness and the methodological framework of my attempt.1 A postscript seemed necessary, in order to complete the review with data concerning those fields which for the most part had been neglected. However, once again I can but warn the reader-especially the Italian readerthat "it would be quite unrealistic to think that a survey such as the one we are attempting here could be exhaustive."2 I will start by mentioning several materials sent to me by authors already cited in my previous survey: U. Bianchi, D. M. Cosi, G. Filoramo, G. Piccaluga, S. Ribichini, G. Romanato, P. Scarpi, and