"There have been no lack of attempts to address the vexing problem of the literary structure of the NT document designated 'to Hebrews'. Yet none of the proposals of the past has proven to be entirely satisfying to the majority of scholars of this fascinating and exquisitely cra…
Ring composition is a literary form found throughout the ancient world. In it, a series of elements advances, one after the other, until it reaches a center point, whereupon the sequence is reversed and returns to its beginning in inverted order. Hence, the first element is pair…
This dissertation surveys various attempts to discover the structure, especially the chiastic structure of the book of Genesis, and includes a critique of the various methodologies underlying these attempts. It establishes and explains the criteria of chiasm and the significance…
Chiasmus and culture
Chiasmus and culture
by Wiseman, Boris, Paul, Anthony
fromStudies in rhetoric and culture
"Anyone who has heard of chiasmus is likely to think of it as no more than a piece of rhetorical playfulness, at times challenging, though useful for supplying a memorable sententious note or for performing a pirouette of syntax and thought. Going beyond traditional rhetoric, th…
Anyone who has heard of chiasmus is likely to think of it as no more than a piece of rhetorical playfulness, at times challenging, though useful for supplying a memorable sententious note or for performing a pirouette of syntax and thought. Going beyond traditional rhetoric, thi…
'1-3 John' treats the three letters of John as a unified epistolary package. Taking a thorough and scholarly approach, John Paul Heil proposes two important contributions to the study of 1-3 John. First, he presents new comprehensive chiastic structures for each of the three let…