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New Witness for Christ: Chiastic Structures in the Book of Mormon

H. Clay Gorton, 1997, hardbound, 478 pages

Chiasmus is a literary form which is used extensively in the Bible. The structure of the chiamus comprises repeated sets of identical or related words, phrases or concepts; the second set is a repetition of the first, but is used in inverse order, as A,V – B,A. Matthew 19:30 contains a well-known chiasmus: “But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.” Many chiasma are extensive and involve a central theme as well as numerous layers of related sets.

Chiasma are not readily apparent to readers of the scriptures who are untrained in their identification. In fact, chiasmus as a literary form was virtually unknown to Bible scholars when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was restored through Joseph Smith. It is obvious that Joseph was unaware of the form when he translated the plates of the Book of Mormon. Yet, now, through the careful analysis performed by the author, over 960 Book of Mormon chiasma have been identified and listed and analyzed herein.

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