Chapter 3 Introduction
In: Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
Author:
David Frankfurter
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Abstract
This chapter justifies the etic (theoretical) parameters of emic (indigenous/textual) discourses of ambiguous, unsanctioned, or illegitimate ritual before discussing comparatively the various preoccupations of such discourses in the ancient world, as analyzed in Part 2.