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* 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, [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. | * Since Leviticus is the center of the Torah, [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== | ==Whole-book chiasms== | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 10 February 2025
Biblical chiasms classified by size.
Multi-book chiasms
- 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, 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:
- https://members.alephbeta.org/playlist/book-of-leviticus-meaning
- https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/leviticus
- There seems to be consensus that Yom Kippur is central.