List of chiasms
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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.