James – Organized Chiastically?

. Here’s a proposed chiasmus for the book of James by Cristina Conti.  I found it on Peter J. Leithart’s web site.  Conti’s article is translated here by Google. (To be honest, I haven’t thoroughly checked it out – but it looks like it has potential!) _____ A. Joy in trial, 1:2-8 B. Rich fade, 1:9-11 C. [...]

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2 John – Love One Another

   . From here, with some changes. _____ A    1 The elder to the chosen lady B    and her children, C    whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2 for the sake of the truth which abides in us / and will be with us forever: [...]

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Philemon – Paul and Onesimus: A Request

  . I came across a chiasmus for Philemon at the blog “studywithme” the other day.  It was posted by Joey Wulf.  It inspired me to take a look at Philemon myself.  Joey’s chiasmus has 10 parts and a double center.  My attempt has 17 parts and a single center. John Paul Heil has also produced [...]

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Song of Songs – A Chiastic Love Song

I think I agree with the following from Donald E. Curtis at Bible.org.  I’ve often thought the Song of Songs was chiastic – in much the same way: …  the Song of Songs has a chiastic structure, but one that is freer and looser. By this I mean that it is hard to draw an unambiguous [...]

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Titus – A Chiastic Letter

  A    1:1  Paul, a bond-servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,   2  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,   3  but at the proper time [...]

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