Criteria for Identifying the Presence of Chiasmus

Title

Criteria for Identifying the Presence of Chiasmus

Publication Type

Report

Year of Publication

1989

Authors

Welch, John W. (Primary)

Institution

FARMS

City

Provo, UT

Abstract

John Welch argues that all possible chiasms are not equal. It is necessary for commentators on the Bible and other texts to recognize that degrees of chiasticity exist from one text to the next. To further that end, Welch proposes fifteen criteria for appraising examples of chiasmus in literature.

Subject Keywords

Parallelism
Chiasmus

Bibliographic Citation

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