This book investigates Mark s Gospel as an example of a transformative discourse that uses many interwoven rhetorical elements to move its audience toward change. A detailed exegesis of the Gerasene demoniac story (Mark 5:1-20) in its literary setting highlights its significant contribution to this transformative discourse. What happens to the demoniac release from bondage to evil, and entrance into a new perceptual world typifies the dynamics of the Gospel s theological anthropology and can be regarded as somewhat paradigmatic of human transformation in the context of Christian...