Who [else] has made the claim that the Beloved Disciple is a new Benjamin?
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Some consider Jesus a new Joseph. See [this article](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/joseph-type-foreshadow-jesus/) as an example.
According to the answer to [this question](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/89116/is-the-practice-of-seeking-the-intercession-of-rachel-admonished-in-the-new-test) , Dr. Brant Pitre considers the Beloved Disciple a new Benjamin. This consideration explains the Beloved Disciple's moniker, for, if Jesus is a new Joseph, and Joseph especially loved Benjamin, then a new Benjamin would be especially loved by Jesus. It also explains the adoption of Mary by the Beloved Disciple which, in the original Greek, reads more like an adoption than an assignment of a caretaker.
>The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. (Genesis 46:19)
>After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own. (John 19:27)
[This article](https://orthochristian.com/135233.html) discusses the same claim, but it also credits Dr. Brant Pitre with the claim itself.
Who else has spoken or written that the Beloved Disciple is a new Benjamin?
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