Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Beelzebul Against Satan: Exorcist Subjectivity and Spirit Possession in the Representation of Jesus 24
6. 2. A Ghost among the Tombs: Mk 5:1–20 as a Ritual of Exorcism 60
7. 3. The Last Adam Became a Life-Giving Spirit: Christ and Pneuma in Pauline Theology 102
8. 4. If One Does Not Have the Spirit of Christ, One Does Not Belong to Him: The Functions of Spirit Possession in the Pauline Groups 134
9. 5. “Will They Not Say Th at You Are Out of Your Mind?” Th e Performance of Possession 167
10. Conclusions 206
11. List of Abbreviations 213
12. Notes 215
13. Bibliography 277
14. General Index 303
15. Name Index 309
16. Index of Ancient Sources 314