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Biblical chiasms classified by size. | Some Biblical chiasms, classified by size. | ||
==Resources== | |||
* Numerous (proposed) chiasms are catalogued at https://www.chiasmusxchange.com | |||
==Multi-book chiasms== | ==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. | * 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 | * Since Leviticus is the center of the Torah, and Leviticus itself is chiasmic (see below), some have proposed<ref>L. Michael Morales, ''Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?'', 23-34.</ref><ref>Jennifer H MacRae Howie, [https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/poetry/chiasm-in-torah.htm Chiasm in Torah].</ref> that the five books of Moses form a chiasm 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 | * 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 | ||
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=="Average-sized" chiasms (from a couple/few verses up to single pericope) == | =="Average-sized" chiasms (from a couple/few verses up to single pericope) == | ||
* Joel 3:17-21, as summarized | * Joel 3:17-21, as summarized on the [https://www.gotquestions.org/chiasm-chiastic.html GotQuestions page about chiastic structure] | ||
==Micro-chiasms== | ==Micro-chiasms== | ||
* Genesis 9:6 | * Genesis 9:6 | ||
* Mark 2:27 | * Mark 2:27 | ||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Chiasms]] | [[Category:Chiasms]] | ||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:07, 11 February 2026
Some Biblical chiasms, classified by size.
Resources[edit | edit source]
- Numerous (proposed) chiasms are catalogued at https://www.chiasmusxchange.com
Multi-book chiasms[edit | edit source]
- Genesis through Exodus: David Schwartz proposes that 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 an interview with Schwartz on this matter.
- Since Leviticus is the center of the Torah, and Leviticus itself is chiasmic (see below), some have proposed[1][2] that the five books of Moses form a chiasm 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[edit | edit source]
- Leviticus (regarding which there seems to be consensus that Yom Kippur is central):
Other large, structural chiasms[edit | edit source]
- The entire second half of the book of Exodus
"Average-sized" chiasms (from a couple/few verses up to single pericope)[edit | edit source]
- Joel 3:17-21, as summarized on the GotQuestions page about chiastic structure
Micro-chiasms[edit | edit source]
- Genesis 9:6
- Mark 2:27
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ L. Michael Morales, Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?, 23-34.
- ↑ Jennifer H MacRae Howie, Chiasm in Torah.