Chiastic Structuring of Large Texts: Second Nephi as a Case Study

by Noel B. Reynolds

Overview

Abstract: In this important paper, Noel Reynolds extends his 1980 argument for the chiastic structure of 1 Nephi to demonstrate that 2 Nephi can be seen as a matching structure with a similar nature. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that chiasmus is not a phenomenon that confines itself to the details of words and phrases at the level of scriptural verses but can extend to much larger units of meaning, allowing the rhetorical beauty and emphasis of their overall messages to shine more brilliantly when they are considered as purposefully crafted wholes.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162880509
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #41
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	345 KB

About the Author

Noel Reynolds (PhD, Harvard University) is an emeritus professor of political science at Brigham Young University, where he taught a broad range of courses in legal and political philosophy, American Heritage, and the Book of Mormon. His research and publications are based in these fields and several others, including authorship studies, Mormon history, Christian history and theology, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.