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The Birth of Jesus in Matt. 1:18-25 – Part 5
This is the final chiastic structure that I will be attempting for this passage! It is the one that was referred to as “II” in Part 4 of this series, and is an analysis of the structure of the entire… Read More ›
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The Structure of Amos 5:1-17
Amos Ch. 5:1-17 has a well-recognised thematically-based chiastic structure. I have re-analysed this interesting passage, and believe that I have found some “formal” structures (sub-chiasms, parallel structures etc.) which correspond, partly, with the known structures of Hebrew poetry, and which are superimposed… Read More ›
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The Birth of Jesus in Matthew 1:18-25 – Part 4
We have been looking at Matt. 1-18-25, and I have been attempting to identify its structural components. I have provisionally divided the passage into four sections, 18– 20a, 20b-21a, 21b-23 and 24-25. I have numbered these 1-4 respectively. The first,… Read More ›
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The Birth of Jesus in Matthew 1:18-25 (Part 3)
In the previous post, we looked at the chiastic structure of the first half of Matt. 1:18-25. In this post, I want to suggest a possible structural analysis for the second half—that is from verses 21b –25. We actually divided… Read More ›
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The North Galatian Hypothesis
The question of the recipients of Paul’s letter to the Galatians continues to be debated. The two opposing viewpoints are the South Galatian Hypothesis and the North Galatian Hypothesis. The South Galatianists believe that Paul wrote to churches in the… Read More ›
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The Birth of Jesus in Matt 1:18-25 (Part 2)
In this post, I wish to look at the first half of Matthew 1:18-25. In the previous post, I suggested that Matt. 1:18-25 could be divided into four sections, and we looked at sections 2 and 4 considered together; in… Read More ›
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The Birth of Jesus in Matt 1:18-25 (Part 1)
In this post, I wish to start to look at the chiastic structure of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth in Matt.1:18-25. This is a total of 167 words in the Textus Receptus. (Nestle-Aland has 161 words). I will be working… Read More ›
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When Did the Philippian Jailer Believe? – a Proposed Chiastic Analysis of Acts 16:31-34
In Acts Ch. 16 we have the exciting account of Paul and Silas’ arrest and subsequent release from prison. In the centre of this narrative, there is the account of the conversion of the Philippian jailer. Because of the current… Read More ›
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When did the Philippian Jailer believe? – Some thoughts concerning language and logic.
The account of the conversion of the Philippian Jailer is found in Acts Ch. 16. The particular verses that I will be considering here are verses 31-34. I have recently been in dialogue with a thoughtful and gracious fellow “blogger”… Read More ›
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Matthew 1:1 and 1:17 Considered Together
We have seen that Matt. 1:1 and 1:17 form an inclusio around Matthew’s “genealogical” table in verses 2-16. In this post, I wish, very quickly to look at the structure of v.17, and to suggest, very tentatively a link between… Read More ›
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