I am new to your substack. Could you point me to some beginner level resources (either your own here or a book or article) outlining the basics of things like chiasm and patterns in biblical texts and why these patterns matter? I know this is important, but I do not know why yet, and I need a kindergarten level primer for it.
Hi Earl, thanks for the comment! Yeah, in articles like these (sketches for a book I'd like to write, in fact), I'm building on a lot of other ideas. The starting place for my own ideas on the topic is my Symbolic World article "The Cosmic Chiasmus." If you think you'd prefer a different perspective, I recommend Fr. John Breck's book The Shape of Biblical Language, if you can find a copy.
Hey Cormac,
I am new to your substack. Could you point me to some beginner level resources (either your own here or a book or article) outlining the basics of things like chiasm and patterns in biblical texts and why these patterns matter? I know this is important, but I do not know why yet, and I need a kindergarten level primer for it.
Thanks
Hi Earl, thanks for the comment! Yeah, in articles like these (sketches for a book I'd like to write, in fact), I'm building on a lot of other ideas. The starting place for my own ideas on the topic is my Symbolic World article "The Cosmic Chiasmus." If you think you'd prefer a different perspective, I recommend Fr. John Breck's book The Shape of Biblical Language, if you can find a copy.
https://thesymbolicworld.com/content/the-cosmic-chiasmus