Chiasmus: 1 John 3:9

William B. Steidtmann billstei at rconnect.com
Sat Feb 27 16:03:54 EST 1999


If you haven't seen the "Companion Bible" (Kregel Publications) you should 
take a look.  This Bible has structural diagrams on almost every page from 
Genesis to Revelation.  What you are referring to as a helical form is 
called "introversion" in this commentary Bible.  There are two main 
structural forms: introversion and alternation.  Each of these two forms 
can be woven or embedded within one another in a hierarchial fashion in 
multiple levels, much like your computer organizes files inside of folders 
inside of yet other folders, etc.  The entire Bible is built this way, and 
goes way beyond a mere couple of sentences or two.  Entire sets of books 
form introversions, as do single words.  Sometimes the structures extend 
across several books.  In the end it becomes obvious that the Bible is 
either the work of God or a massive 1500 year conspiracy of Biblical ;) 
proportions.

Further work on structures can be seen in the works of Charles H. Welch, 
and it seems obvious that he was influenced by the work seen in the 
Companion Bible.  It is not his main concern however he does take 
structural analysis to a higher level than the Companion Bible did.

Both the Companion Bible and the works of Charles H. Welch can be obtained 
through the following organization:

http://www.tftmin.org/

William Steidtmann



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