. A few years ago I read the book, “The Shape of Biblical Language – Chiasmus in the Scriptures“, written by Father John Breck. This morning I picked up John’s “Scripture in Tradition: The Bible and Its Interpretation in the Orthodox Church“. Chapter 5 is entitled, “Chiasmus as a Key to Biblical Interpretation”. Below are [...]
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Chiasmus Quotes – “Scripture in Tradition”
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John 5:19-30 – Those Who Hear shall Live
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. The following chiasmus is from p. 101 of John Breck‘s 2001 book, “Scripture in Tradition: the Bible and its Interpretation in the Orthodox Church“: ______ A 19 Jesus therefore answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He [...]