Curated — published only
Chiasms
The text that mirrors itself around its center — A, B, C, B′, A′ — and puts the point at the pivot.
- 9pairs published
- mirrorsA′AMO 5:10
Amos 5 chiasm inner pair: turning justice to wormwood mirrors hating the reprover in the gate. confidence=widely-accepted.
de Waard, VT 27 (1977): 170-177
- mirrorsA′AMO 5:14
Amos 5:1-17 chiasm outer imperative pair: 'Seek me and live' mirrors 'Seek good, not evil, that you may live' — carries the oracle's ethical demand. confidence=widely-accepted; level=pericope.
Jan de Waard, 'The Chiastic Structure of Amos V 1-17,' Vetus Testamentum 27 (1977): 170-177
- mirrorsA′GEN 11:9
Babel inclusio/outer ring: 'the whole earth had one language' mirrors 'the LORD confused the language of all the earth'; Babel/balal pun frames the unit. confidence=widely-accepted.
J. P. Fokkelman, Narrative Art in Genesis (1975); Wenham, Genesis 1-15 (WBC, 1987)
- mirrorsA′GEN 8:2
Mirror members of the Flood palistrophe: 'the fountains of the great deep burst open and the windows of heaven were opened' is reversed by 'the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed'. Verbatim reversal (Welch objectivity high). Level=pericope/book; confidence=widely-accepted.
Gordon J. Wenham, 'The Coherence of the Flood Narrative,' Vetus Testamentum 28 (1978): 336-348
- mirrorsA′GEN 8:6
Flood palistrophe pair: 'the LORD shut him in' mirrors 'Noah opened the window of the ark'. confidence=widely-accepted.
Wenham, VT 28 (1978): 336-348
- mirrorsA′GEN 8:3
Flood palistrophe pair: 'the waters prevailed 150 days' mirrors 'after 150 days the waters had abated'. confidence=widely-accepted.
Wenham, VT 28 (1978): 336-348
- mirrorsA′JHN 1:18
John's Prologue divine-Word inclusio: 'the Word was with God ... was God' mirrors 'the only God ... has made him known'. confidence=author-asserted; level=pericope.
R. Alan Culpepper, 'The Pivot of John's Prologue,' New Testament Studies 27 (1980): 1-31
- mirrorsA′JHN 1:17
John's Prologue pair: 'all things were made through him' (creation) mirrors 'grace and truth came through Jesus Christ' (new-covenant gift). confidence=author-asserted.
Culpepper, NTS 27 (1980): 1-31
- mirrors
Chiasm across two verses: confess/believe (v.9) reversed to believe/confess (v.10), ordering the two halves of saving response. confidence=widely-accepted; level=verse.
Lund, Chiasmus in the New Testament (1942); standard exegesis