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Characters in the second Gospel are analysed and an in-depth look at different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods of analysis is provided. The first section consists of essays on method/theory, and the second consists of seven exegetical character studies using a literary or reader-oriented method. All contributors work from a literary,...

characters to anticipate the Gentile mission. To be more specific, the issue is not whether the Gentile characters as recipients simply demonstrate that there is a Gentile mission, but whether they actively partake in and advance the Gentile mission. Following the sequence of the narrative, Mark 5 describes Jesus’ first entry into Gentile territory. In 4:35, he and the disciples travel across the Sea of Galilee. On the other side, in the Gerasene region, Jesus
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