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Some 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== | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 25 January 2026
Some Biblical chiasms, classified by size.
Resources
- Numerous (proposed) chiasms are catalogued at https://www.chiasmusxchange.com
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, and Leviticus itself is chiasmic (see below), 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):
Other large, structural chiasms
- The entire 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 GotQuestions page about chiastic structure
Micro-chiasms
- Genesis 9:6
- Mark 2:27