Using the Clifford bundle formalism, a Lagrangian theory of the Yang-Mills type ( with a gauge. xing term and an auto interacting term) for the gravitational field in Minkowski space-time is presented. It is shown how two simple hypotheses permit the interpretation of the formalism in terms of effective Lorentzian or teleparallel geometries. In the case of a Lorentzian geometry interpretation of the theory, the field equations are shown to be equivalent to Einstein's equations.16610271041