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Some Biblical chiasms, classified by size. ==Multi-book chiasms== * Genesis through Exodus: David Schwartz proposes that [https://hakirah.org/Vol29Schwartz.pdf Half the Torah is a Chiasm] (the 38*2+1=77 item chart takes up the last three pages of the pdf). Notably, God making a space for us in His world (Gen 1) maps to His people making a space for Him to occupy in our world (Ex 40). Numerous links proceed inwardly from there. AlephBeta has [https://members.alephbeta.org/video/torah-chiasm/half-the-torah-is-a-chiasm an interview with Schwartz] on this matter. * Since Leviticus is the center of the Torah, and Leviticus itself is chiasmic (see below), [https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/poetry/chiasm-in-torah.htm some have proposed] that the five books of Moses form a chiasm, again with Yom Kippur at the center. * Gospel of John + Revelation: E.g. https://ancientinsights.wordpress.com/2022/01/06/the-chiasm-of-john-revelation-and-its-implications and https://preterism.org/john-revelation-project-part-two ==Whole-book chiasms== * Leviticus (regarding which there seems to be consensus that Yom Kippur is central): ** https://members.alephbeta.org/playlist/book-of-leviticus-meaning ** https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/leviticus ==Other large, structural chiasms== * The entire [https://members.alephbeta.org/playlist/understanding-shmot-through-chiasms second half of the book of Exodus] =="Average-sized" chiasms (from a couple/few verses up to single pericope) == * Joel 3:17-21, as summarized on the [https://www.gotquestions.org/chiasm-chiastic.html GotQuestions page about chiastic structure] ==Micro-chiasms== * Genesis 9:6 * Mark 2:27 [[Category:Chiasms]] [[Category:Lists]]
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