The previous three blogs looked at story trellises in 1 Samuel 13-14. This next set will focus on three chiasms in the same chapters that overlap the texts of the story trellises. In order to post these blogs quickly, I will keep the discussion to a minimum and let the tables carry the weight ofContinue reading “Saul and Jonathan in Chiasms – Part 1”
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The Decline of Saul – Part 2
The previous post in this series introduced a cluster of three story trellises in 1 Sam. 13-14, along with a description of the first trellis, Saul’s Foolishness. This post describes the second story trellis in the cluster named Saul’s Dynasty Will End. The first texts of these two trellises overlap in 1 Sam. 13, but the secondContinue reading “The Decline of Saul – Part 2”
The Decline of Saul – Part 1
The last chapter of Makhashabah: Patterns in Ruth shows a pair of story trellises arranged in a chiasm that spans the entire book of Ruth. The book of 1 Samuel features a different arrangement of story trellises: a cluster. A cluster of three story trellises in 1 Samuel 13-14 launches the story of the declineContinue reading “The Decline of Saul – Part 1”
A Little Taste
At the time of writing this page, the book Makhashabah: Patterns in Ruth has not yet been published. Since this blog will not begin in earnest until the book is published, this page provides a little taste of what is coming. Following is table showing a chiasm in 1Sam 1:21-25. Hannah Not Going Yet ChiasmContinue reading “A Little Taste”
Makhashabah: Patterns in 1 Samuel 