Rhetorics of law and ritual: A semiotic comparison of the law of talion and sympathetic magic

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 627-647

  Yelle, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 63849257361     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaar/69.3.627     Document Type: Review

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