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... ancient foundation layer of all modes of order and significance . By close and ancient association we now tend to tie ritual to religion and even refer to ritual as the special language of religion , since the ultimate mysteries ...
... ancient foundation layer of all modes of order and significance . By close and ancient association we now tend to tie ritual to religion and even refer to ritual as the special language of religion , since the ultimate mysteries ...
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... Ancient Near East and in Israel . Oxford : 1958 . Useful as counterpoise to Frankfort's overemphasis of differences between ancient cultures and his neglect of well - established similarities , when studying a particular institution ...
... Ancient Near East and in Israel . Oxford : 1958 . Useful as counterpoise to Frankfort's overemphasis of differences between ancient cultures and his neglect of well - established similarities , when studying a particular institution ...
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... ancient realm of , 244 ; arrest of , 242 ; esthetic , 251 ; neolithic , 154 Inventions , ancient domes- tic , 248 ; architectural , 253 ; domestic , 250 ; es- thetic , 252 , 253 , 254 ; Greek , 244 , 248 ; me- chanical , 283 ; military ...
... ancient realm of , 244 ; arrest of , 242 ; esthetic , 251 ; neolithic , 154 Inventions , ancient domes- tic , 248 ; architectural , 253 ; domestic , 250 ; es- thetic , 252 , 253 , 254 ; Greek , 244 , 248 ; me- chanical , 283 ; military ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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