In this post, I would like to suggest that these exciting verses in the Jonah narrative can (and should!) be analysed chiastically. The main article, which is a word document, can be accessed by clicking on the link below. It… Read More ›
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Jonah 1:11-16 (Again!)
I have been thinking some more about chiastic structures in Jonah 1:11-16, and in particular, I’m putting forward an additional analysis of verses 14-16. As a result, here is a revised version of the article on this passage that I… Read More ›
Chiastic Analysis of Jonah 1:16-2:10
Continuing the structural analysis of the book of Jonah, here is a chiastic analysis of Jonah 1:16-2:10, the famous passage where Jonah is swallowed by a great fish. The article is in the form of a Word document which can… Read More ›
Jonah 1:11-16
Continuing our studies in Jonah, here are some attempted analyses of Jonah 1:11-16. This is the passage where the sailors ask Jonah how the sea can be made calm for them. Initially they do not follow Jonah’s drastic instructions, but then,… Read More ›
Lazarus and Absalom – an Inter-textual reading
This is an article I wrote a long time ago, (and which is probably in need of revising at some stage!) It is basically an attempt to show that the events described in the Old Testament account of Absalom’s… Read More ›
“There is Therefore Now no Condemnation . . “: The Chiastic Structure of Romans 8:1-4
In this post, I wish to present a proposed chiastic analysis of this famous passage of Scripture. This is actually a (slightly modified) chapter from my book Biblical Chiasms in the Interpretation of Scripture, and the page numbers are those of… Read More ›
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 ›
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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