Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there. The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.” The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to […]
⛓ Read Joshua 2 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way' (v.25) refers to Joshua 2, where Rahab hides the Israelite spies and lets them down by another route. Her hospitable, faith-driven deed is James's second exemplum of justifying works.
High confidence◇ Figural1
A typological pattern re-read in a later text — no verbal quotation, high figural coherence.
Rahab the Canaanite who confesses Israel's God and is saved — a figural precedent for a Canaanite woman whose faith Jesus praises (Mt 15:28); Matthew has already named Rahab in the genealogy.
Low confidence