Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- adjective In rhetoric, of the nature of chiasmus.
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- adjective Pertaining to
chiasmus .
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Examples
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One argument he often cites supporting the notion that a particular biblical book was written by a single author - an author religious people would like to believe was god - is the presence of something called chiastic, or "envelope," structure.
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One argument he often cites supporting the notion that a particular biblical book was written by a single author - an author religious people would like to believe was god - is the presence of something called chiastic, or "envelope," structure.
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Here, the primal "O" or "ah" of subapostrophic interjection seems hidden in the very principle of duration, as hypostasized in the appositional "one God, one law," and then taken up in chiastic echo within the effortless tip-toe alliteration of the chiastic
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Her analysis of the chiastic structure in Leviticus 15 compares niddah (= normal female) to zav (= abnormal male) rather than to the man who ejaculates (= normal male).
Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography. leBeit Yoreh 2009
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In addition, she relates to the chiastic structure of Leviticus 15, behaviors during niddah, niddah observance in order to favor the production of male children, the bizarre “case” of the woman who began to menstruate during intercourse, and immersion for purification.
Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography. leBeit Yoreh 2009
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This obligation is learned from the chiastic structure itself.
Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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This chiastic structure suggests that there is more in common between these male and female discharges than the fact that the discharges are from the genitals and cause impurity.
Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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Lepers rather than some divine revelation or act formed the chiastic center.
Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography. leBeit Yoreh 2009
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From a literary perspective, the book is an artistic masterpiece, constructed in two parts (1: 1 – 7: 32, 8: 1 – 16: 25), with each internally ordered by a threefold chiastic pattern.
Judith: Apocrypha. 2009
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Her choice seems to indicate a basic misunderstanding of the chiastic parallels.
Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography. leBeit Yoreh 2009
fbharjo commented on the word chiastic
describes the ultimate palindrome
February 5, 2007