I wasn’t raised in a religious home, and only became interested as an adult. Hence, portions of the OT are still uncharted territory for me. I recently stumbled across Joshua 10:26-27 and was surprised over the similarities with gMark.
I checked three written references in which Mark’s use of OT material is outlined --- none of the three identified Joshua here as a model, inspiration, or source for the burial passage in Mark (though I would expect that some others have).
A very quick-and-dirty internet search came up with site below listed first, and little-else relevant listed except some related apologetics.
The author cited below (writing 2 years ago) identifies himself as a youth minister and “church planter”, and characterizes these parallels as, for him, “an unnoticed nugget” ---
One such example of an unnoticed nugget I finally came across was through our children’s picture bible (seriously, I love this thing). In the book of Joshua …
It’s at this moment on that my “Bible Nerd” goes nuts. Here’s the bullet points of the story:
• The kings are killed (Joshua 10:26).
• They are hung on trees (Joshua 10:26).
• Before evening, they are taken off the trees (Joshua 10:27).
• They are buried in caves (Joshua 10:27).
• Large stones are set over the cave’s entrance (Joshua 10:27).
In case you haven’t jumped ahead of me, notice the eerie parallels:
• Jesus is killed.
• Jesus is hung on a “tree.”
• Jesus is taken off before evening.
• Jesus is buried in a cave.
• Jesus’ cave has a large stone set over its entrance.
By the way, the king in Joshua 10 that initiated the attack on Gibeon was the king of Jerusalem (Joshua 10:1). So, let’s amend that previous list.
• Jesus is the king of Jerusalem.
• Jesus is killed in Jerusalem.
• Jesus is hung on a tree in Jerusalem.
• Jesus is taken off the tree before the evening in Jerusalem.
• Jesus is buried in a cave in Jerusalem.
• Jesus’ cave has a large stone set over its entrance in Jerusalem.
If you’re brain isn’t going crazy yet, allow me to go a step further …
http://validambiguity.com/2017/01/21/je ... tile-king/
It’s at this moment on that my “Bible Nerd” goes nuts. Here’s the bullet points of the story:
• The kings are killed (Joshua 10:26).
• They are hung on trees (Joshua 10:26).
• Before evening, they are taken off the trees (Joshua 10:27).
• They are buried in caves (Joshua 10:27).
• Large stones are set over the cave’s entrance (Joshua 10:27).
In case you haven’t jumped ahead of me, notice the eerie parallels:
• Jesus is killed.
• Jesus is hung on a “tree.”
• Jesus is taken off before evening.
• Jesus is buried in a cave.
• Jesus’ cave has a large stone set over its entrance.
By the way, the king in Joshua 10 that initiated the attack on Gibeon was the king of Jerusalem (Joshua 10:1). So, let’s amend that previous list.
• Jesus is the king of Jerusalem.
• Jesus is killed in Jerusalem.
• Jesus is hung on a tree in Jerusalem.
• Jesus is taken off the tree before the evening in Jerusalem.
• Jesus is buried in a cave in Jerusalem.
• Jesus’ cave has a large stone set over its entrance in Jerusalem.
If you’re brain isn’t going crazy yet, allow me to go a step further …
http://validambiguity.com/2017/01/21/je ... tile-king/