| Books: |
| Basics of Hebrew Discourse: A Guide to Working with Hebrew Narrative and Poetry |
Matthew Howard Patton, Fred Putnam, and Miles V. Van Pelt (2017) |
| A Commentary on the Psalms: 90-150 (Kregel Exegetical Library) |
Allen Ross (2016) |
| Advances in the Study of Greek: New Insights for Reading the New Testament |
Constantine R. Campbell (2015) |
| Genesis 16-50, Volume 2 (Word Biblical Commentary) |
by Gordon J. Wenham (2015) |
| New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism |
George A. Kennedy (2014) |
| A Commentary on the Psalms: 42-89 (Kregel Exegetical Library) |
Allen Ross (2013) |
| Literary Message of Isaiah |
Avraham Gileadi (2012) |
| A Commentary on the Psalms: 1-41 (Kregel Exegetical Library) |
Allen Ross (2012) |
| Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis |
Steven E. Runge (2010) |
| The Structures of Paul's Letters |
Robert Arthur Bailey (2010) |
| Hebrews: Chiastic Structure and Audience Response |
John P. Heil (2010) |
| Biblical Sound and Sense: Poetic Sound Patterns in Proverbs 10-29 |
Thomas P. McCreesh (2009) |
| Psalm Structures: A Study of Psalms with Refrains |
Paul R. Raabe (2009) |
| Classical Hebrew Poetry: A Guide to Its Techniques (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) |
Wilfred G. E. Watson (2009) |
| The Shape of Biblical Language |
John Breck (1994, 2008) * Professor Emeritus of New Testament at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary |
| The War Between the Two Beasts and the Two Witnesses: A Chiastic Reading of Revelation 11:1-14:5 |
Tony Siew (2005) |
| Isaiah 1-33: Revised (Word Biblical Commentary) |
John D. W. Watts (2005) |
| Isaiah 34-66: Revised (Word Biblical Commentary) |
John D. W. Watts (2005) |
| The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: A Commentary on Genesis-Malachi | David A. Dorsey (2004) |
| Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible Volume 4: Job 15-42 |
Jan P. Fokkelman (2004) |
| Psalm 32 - Structure, Genre, Intent and Liturgical Use |
Stephanus D. Snyman (2004) |
| Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible Volume 3: The remaining 65 Psalms |
Jan P. Fokkelman (2003) |
| Psalm 69: Its Structure, Redaction and Composition |
Alphonso Groenewald (2003) |
| Style And Structure In Biblical Hebrew Narrative |
Jerome T. Walsh (2001) |
| Interpreting the New Testament: Essays on Methods and Issues |
Edited by David Alan Black and David S. Dockery (2001) |
| Style And Structure In Biblical Hebrew Narrative |
Jerome T. Walsh (2001) |
| Analyzing Discourse: A Manual of Basic Concepts (Free pdf) |
Robert A. Dooley and Stephen H. Levinsohn (2000) * Both authors associated with SIL International and University of North Dakota |
| Discourse Features of New Testament Greek: A Coursebook on the Information Structure of New Testament Greek |
Stephen H. Levinsohn (2000) |
| The Literary Development of John 13-17: A Chiastic Reading (Free pdf) |
Wayne Brouwer (2000) |
| Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible Volume 2: 85 Psalms and Job 4-14 |
Jan P. Fokkelman (2000) |
| Listening to the Text: Oral Patterning in Paul's Letters (Evangelical Theological Society Studies) |
John D. Harvey (1999) |
| Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) |
Nathan Klaus (1999) |
| Literary Artistry in Leviticus (Biblical Interpretation Series, Vol 35) |
Wilfried Warning (1999) |
| The Structure of Hebrews: A Text-Linguistic Analysis (Biblical Studies Library) |
George H. Guthrie (1998) |
| Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible Volume 1: At the Interface of Hermeneutics and Structural Analysis Ex. 15, Deut. 32, and Job 3 |
Jan P. Fokkelman (1998) |
| The Idea of Biblical Poetry: Parallelism and Its History |
James Kugel (1998) |
| Rhetorical Analysis: An Introduction to Biblical Rhetoric |
Roland Meynet (1998) |
| Divine Symmetries: The Art of Biblical Rhetoric |
Victor M. Wilson (1997) |
| The Book Around Immanuel: Style and Structure in Isaiah 2-12 (Biblical and Judaic Studies) |
Andrew H. Bartelt (1996) |
| Literary Structure & Rhetorical Strategies in the Hebrew Bible |
L. J. De Regt (Author, Editor), Jan De Waard (Editor), J. P. Fokkelman (Editor) (1996) |
| Chiasmus in the Pauline Letters (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement) |
Ian H. Thomson (1995) |
| Discourse Analysis and Other Topics in Biblical Greek |
by D A (editors) Porter Stanley E & Carson (1995) |
| An Attempt to Delineate the Characteristic Structure of Classical (Biblical) Hebrew Poetry |
Donald Broadribb (1995) |
| Isaiah 46, 47, and 48: A New Literary-Critical Reading |
Chris Franke (1994) |
| Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) |
Wilfred G. E. Watson (1994) |
| Chiasmus in the New Testament: A Study in the Form and Function of Chiastic Structures |
Niles Wilhem Lund (1992 - Originally published in 1942) |
| Literary Forms in the New Testament: A Handbook |
James L. Bailey and Lyle D. Vander Broek (1992) |
| The Book of Ruth: Its Structure, Theme and Purpose |
Murray D. Gow (1992) |
| Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and Johannine Epistles (Reading the New Testament) (Volume 4) |
Charles H. Talbert (1992) |
| Basic Bible Interpretation |
Roy B. Zuck (1991) |
| Isaiah and His Audience: The Structure and Meaning of Isaiah 1-12 |
Yehoshua Gitay (1991) |
| Centripetal and Centrifugal Structures in Biblical Poetry (Society of Biblical Literature Monograph) |
Daniel Grossberg (1989) |
| Ugaritic and Hebrew Poetic Parallelism: A Trial Cut/'Nt I and Proverbs 2 |
Dennis Pardee (1988) |
| Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 1: Genesis 1-15 |
Gordon J. Wenham (1987) |
| The Literary Guide to the Bible: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes |
James G. Williams (1987) |
| A Manual of Hebrew Poetics |
Luis Alonso Schokel (1987) |
| The Art of Biblical Poetry |
Robert Alter(1985) |
| Numerical Literary Techniques in John: The Fourth Evangelist's Use of Numbers of Words and Syllables |
M. J. J. Menken (1985) |
| The Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel |
Peter F. Ellis (1984) |
| Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel (Reading the New Testament) (Volume 3) |
Charles H. Talbert (1982) |
| Hebrew Verse Structure |
Michael Patrick O'Connor (1980) |
| The Book of Leviticus (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) |
Gordon J. Wenham (1979) |
| The Book of Leviticus (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) |
Gordon J. Wenham (1979) |
| The Wisdom of Solomon: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 43) |
David Winston (1979) |
| The Architecture of Jeremiah 1-20 |
William Lee Holladay (1976) |
| Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke-Acts |
Charles H. Talbert (1974) |
| Patterns in the Early Poetry of Israel (Free pdf) |
Stanley Gevirtz (1973) |
| The Epistles of St. John: Greek Text and English Translation Schematically Arranged by E. Malatesta |
Edward Malatesta (1973) |
| Galatians: A Discussion on St.Paul's Epistle (Householder Commentary) |
John Bligh (1969) |
| Ephesians, Baptism and Pentecost: an inquiry into the structure and purpose of the Epistle to the Ephesians |
John C. Kirby (1968) |
| The Psalms: Their Structure and Meaning |
Pius Drijvers (1967) |
| The Psalms: A Commentary (The Old Testament Library) |
Artur Weiser (1962) |
| The Strophic Structure of Hebrew Poetry: As Illustrated in the First Book of the Psalter |
Charles Franklin Kraft (1938) |
| Studies In Biblical Parallelism: Part 1, Parallelism In Amos And Part 2, Parallelism In Isaiah, Chapters 1-10 (Free e-book) |
Louis Israel Newman and William Popper (1918) |
| A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians (Free e-book) |
Thomas K. Abbot (1897) |
| The symmetrical structure of scripture : or, The principles of scripture parallelism, exemplified in an analysis of the Decalogue, the Sermon on the mount, and other passages of the sacred writings (Free e-book) |
John Forbes (1854) |
“A Literal Translation of the Book of Psalms, Intended to Illustrate Their Poetical and Moral Structure”
Vol. 1 of 2 (free online) - or - Vol. 1 of 2 - on Amazon.com
Vol. 2 of 2 (free online) - or - Vol. 2 of 2 - on Amazon.com |
John Jebb (1846) |
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Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews (Free e-book) |
Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787; Gregory, G. (George), 1754-1808; Michaelis, Johann David, 1717-1791 ~ (Published in 1835) |
| A Key to the Book of Psalms - Scholar's Choice Edition |
Thomas Boys (1825) |
| An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures |
Thomas H. Horne (1825) |
| Tactica Sacra: An Attempt To Develope, And To Exhibit To The Eye By Tabular Arrangements, A General Rule Of Composition Prevailing In The Holy Scriptures, Volume 1 |
Thomas Boys (1824) |
| The Companion Bible (Free online pdf) |
E.W. Bullinger's standard |
| Articles: |
Chiasmus Resources - Journal Article Archive
A full repository of 1,193 journal articles listed alphabetically by author |
John W. Welch (2017) |
“Poetry in the Hebrew Bible”
[Ancient Hebrew Research Center, 2017] |
Jeff A. Benner (2017) |
“Chiasm of Joy”
[First Things, 2017] |
Peter J. Leithart (2017) |
“The Two Eschatological Perspectives of the Book of Daniel”
[Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 2016 Vol. 30, No. 1, 91-111] |
Benjamin Victor Waters (2016) |
“Narrative Structure of Daniel 8:A Text Linguistic Approach ”
[Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 26/2 (2015): 88-110. Article © 2015 by Samuel Nuñez] |
Samuel Nuñez (2015) |
“Chiasm in Malachi 1”
[First Things Blog. First Things, 2015.] |
Peter J. Leithart (2015) |
“Chiasm and Meaning in 1 Chronicles ”
[Journal of Hebrew Scripture 14, no. 1 (2014): 1-31.] |
Yitzhak Berger (2014) |
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“Examples of the Pentateuch's Literary Beauty” |
Doug Mar (2006) |
“Pattern in Scripture: The Visual Scriptures”
[Meridian Magazine online. Vol. 2017. Meridian Magazine, 2005.] |
D. Lynn Johnson (March 2005) |
“No Fear! Psalm 23 as a Careful Conceptual Chiasm”
[First Fruits 58, no. 1 (2003): 65-80.] |
Creighton W. Marlowe (2003) |
“Chiasmus: An Important Structural Device Commonly Found in Biblical Literature ”
[ 9, no. 2 (2003): 18-34.] |
Brad McCoy (2003) |
| “Chiasmus in Pauline Writings?: the Significance of the Micro-Chiasm for Exegesis” |
Wayne T. Slusser (2002) |
“The Persuasion of Form: A Rhetorical Analysis of Pr. 31:10-31 ”
[Evangelical Theological Society Papers (2001).] |
Pete F. Wilbanks (2001) |
“Chiasm and the Concept of Faith in Hebrews 11 ”
[Bibliotheca Sacra 155 (1998): 327-45.] |
Victor Rhee (1998) |
“The Key Role of Daniel 7 ”
[Grace Theological Journal 12, no. 2 (1991): 245-61.] |
Richard D. Patterson (1997) |
| “Literary Analysis of Genesis 1:1-2:3” |
William D. Ramey (1997) |
“Text Analysis and the Genre of Jonah (Part 1) ”
[ Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39 (1996): 191-206.] |
Ernst R. Wendland (1996) |
“Text Analysis and the Genre of Jonah (Part 2) ”
[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39 (1996): 373-95.] |
Ernst R. Wendland (1996) |
“An Adjusted Symmetrical Structuring of Ruth ”
[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39, no. 1 (1996): 15-31.] |
A. Boyd Luter and Richard O. Rigsby (1996) |
“"Where Two or Three Are Gathered Together": Literary Structure as a Key to Meaning in Matt. 17:22-20:19 ”
[JEvTS 39 (1996): 549-58.] |
David McClister (1996) |
“An Analysis of the Structure of Proverbs 28-29 ”
[Calvary Baptist Theological Journal 11, no. 2 (1995): 1-14.] |
Douglas Finkbeiner (1995) |
“A Literary Look at Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah ”
[Grace Theological Journal 11, no. 1 (1991): 17-27.] |
Richard D. Patterson (1991) |
“An Exposition of Psalm 22”
[Bibliotheca Sacra 147 (July 1990) 286-308 © 1990 by Dallas Theological Seminary.] |
Mark H. Heinemann (1990) |
“Proverbial Strings: Cohesion in Proverbs 10”
[Grace Theological Journal l1.2 (1990) 171-185] |
Ted Hildebrandt (1990) |
“A Discourse Analysis of Colossians 2:16-3:17”
[Grace Theological Journal 11, no. 2 (1990): 205-220.] |
Gregory T. Christopher (1990) |
“The Literary Structure of the Book of Hebrews ”
[Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (1989): 185-97.] |
David J. MacLeod (1989) |
“The Literary Structure of the Book of Hebrews”
[Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (April 1989) 185-97. Copyright 1989 by Dallas Theological Seminary.] |
David J. MacLeod (1989) |
“The Structure of 2 Corinthians 1-7”
[Criswell Theological Review 4, no. 1 (1989): 3-20.] |
Craig L. Blomberg (1989) |
“Literary Analysis and the Unity of Nahum ”
[Grace Theological Journal 9, no. 1 (1988): 45-58.] |
Richard D. Patterson and Michael e. Travers (1988) |
“Structure, Style, and the Prophetic Message: An Analysis of Isaiah 5:8-30 ”
[Bibliotheca Sacra 143 (1986): 46-60.] |
Robert B. Chisholm Jr. (1986) |
“Notes on the Chiastic Structure of Dan 10-12 ”
[Historicism 6 (1986).] |
Frank W. Hardy (1986) |
“
Daniel 7: Its Structure and Role in the Book ”
[Hebrew Annual Review 9 (1985): 267-275.] |
Paul R. Raabe (1985) |
“The Oracles against Babylon in Jeremiah 50-51: Structures and Perspectives”
[ Tyndale Bulletin 35 (1984): 26-63.] |
Kenneth T. Aitkin (1984) |
“The Structure of Amos as a Testimony to Its Integrity ”
[JEvTS 27 (1984): 275-76.] |
Duane A. Garrett (1984) |
“The Significance of Literary Structure for the Translation of the Book of Ruth ”
[BTrans 35 (1984): 309-20.] |
Murray D. Gow (1984) |
“Psalm 73: An Analysis”
[Tyndale Bulletin 33, no. 1 (1982): 93-118.] |
Leslie C. Allen (1982) |
| “Psalm 137, A Metrical Chiasm” |
Morris Halle and John J. McCarthy (1981) |
“
The Chiastic Structure of the Central Section of the Epistle to the Hebrews ”
[Andrews University Seminary Studies 19, no. 3 (1981): 243-46.] |
George E. Rice (1981) |
“
A Note on Matthew 24:10-12 ”
[Tyndale Bulletin 31 (1980): 155-62.
] |
David Wenham (1980) |
“Chiastic Psalms (3): A Study in the Mechanics of Semitic Poetry in Psalms 101-50”
[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 21 (1978): 199-210.] |
Robert L. Alden (1978) |
“Chiastic Psalms (1): A Study in the Mechanics of Semitic Poetry in Psalms 1-50”
[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 17, no. 1 (1974): 11-28.] |
Robert L. Alden (1976) |
“Chiastic Psalms(2): A Study in the Mechanics of Semitic Poetry in Psalms 51-100”
[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19 (1976): 191-200.] |
Robert L. Alden (1976) |
“Parallelism in the New Testament; Needed: A New Bishop Lowth”
[The Bible Translator 26 (1975): 333-338.] |
Kenneth E. Bailey (1975) |
“
Scriptural Parallelism ”
[The British Review and London Critical Journal 22 (1824): 169-85.] |
John Jebb (1824) |
| Websites: |
| Discourse Analysis section |
David Alan Black |
| NT Discourse: Removing the mystery from discourse grammar |
Steven Runge |
| A Summary of Discourse Theory |
M. James Sawyer |
| Recent Trends in Discourse Analysis in Biblical Studies |
Todd Scacewater
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| The Open Scroll - Interactive Thematic Structures |
Bob Schlenker, developer of the Chiasmatron 2000 |
| PerryDox |
Perry Hall |
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