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Mark 5:1-17 as midrash on Joshua 24:5-13

From: "George Mallory Patton" <gpatton AT bayou.com>
To: gmark AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Mark 5:1-17 as midrash on Joshua 24:5-13
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:52:53 -0500

Mark 5:1-17 as midrash on Joshua 24:5-13. I believe Mark alluded to Joshua
24:5-13 using these parallels:

Mark 5:1 Gergesinon - Joshua 24:11 Gergesaios

Mark 5:13 pigs rush into lake and drowned - Joshua 24:7 "the sea go back
on them and cover them"

Mark 5:13 The whole heard, about 2000 pigs, rush into lake - Joshua 24:12
"I sent out hornets in front of you which drove the two Amorite Kings
before you

George Patton
Bastrop, Louisiana

Mark 5:1-17 as midrash on Joshua 24:5-13, George Mallory Patton, 03/07/2002