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Bible study tool
http://www.the-boltons.co.uk/ss/
“Whilst it’s easy to find the root of a given word, it’s rather tricky to go in the opposite direction and find words that stem from a given word. This utility searches for words in the other direction “.
Please send me the proposal at [email protected] – for long proposal pdf would be good.
May I suggest extending your good chiasm by adding in another A layer and shifting down your layers by 1.
A layer: “And Yet, I am going to show you a far better way”
A’ layer: “But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love’
Did you notice then this makes the chiasms on either side work. The next chiasm is 14:1-19, a 5-level chiasm fairly easy to identify.
This Chiasm Exchange is great, and I have used it often. But where are you going with this?
May I suggest a new guideline for determining what is a chiasm in the New Testament? This new suggested guideline is any chiasm one finds should be checked to see if it is surrounded by chiasms on both sides. This can help to determine if the proposed chiasm is properly defined (A and A’ bracketing layers). Try this out – you will be surprised it generally seems to be true. If you cannot find a chiasm on each side of your chiasm, then double-check you have correctly defined your chiasm.
Judges 6-8 – Gideon’s Narrative
A – “Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD” (6:1a)
B – Midian Oppression (6:1b-6)
C – False Worship (6:7-10)
D – Gideon called by God (6:11-14)
E – Strike – Gideon’s Excuse (last born) (6:15-16)
F – Bread and Angel of the Lord (6:17-24)
G – Trouble Ended with Wise Question (6:25-32)
H – Enemies Gather – Horns (6:33-35)
I – Sign: Fleece (6:36-40)
J – Selection of Army (7:1-8)
I’ – Sign: Dream (7:9-14)
H’ – Enemies Defeated – Horns (7:15-23)
G’ – Trouble Ended with Wise Question (7:24-8:2)
F’ – Bread and Succoth (8:4-17)
E’ – Strike – Jether’s Unwillingness (firstborn) (8:18-21)
D’ – Gideon Asked to Rule (8:22-23)
C’ – False worship (8:24-27)
B’ – Freedom from Midian Oppression (8:28-32)
A’ – Israel Does Not Remember the LORD (8:33-35)