Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London, Issue 40Institute of Classical Studies, 1995 - Classical antiquities |
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... writing . It must have been this view of the use of writing whether magical , functional , communicative etc. which lay behind the attempt to write up the laws in the first place , then their significance once written up . We stray here ...
... writing . It must have been this view of the use of writing whether magical , functional , communicative etc. which lay behind the attempt to write up the laws in the first place , then their significance once written up . We stray here ...
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... writing itself is seen in a superstitious light ? Should we perhaps say that the writing of a law on stone helped to crystallize the religious sanctions or perpetuated the curse in a more authoritative way ? Or that writing was seen as ...
... writing itself is seen in a superstitious light ? Should we perhaps say that the writing of a law on stone helped to crystallize the religious sanctions or perpetuated the curse in a more authoritative way ? Or that writing was seen as ...
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... writing into the sphere of public life . Given the complexity of writing and its possible uses , it is reasonable to expect that the archaic use of writing for laws was influenced by customs and ideas already present ; that writing did ...
... writing into the sphere of public life . Given the complexity of writing and its possible uses , it is reasonable to expect that the archaic use of writing for laws was influenced by customs and ideas already present ; that writing did ...
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