Much More than a Reader: The Latest in Chiastic Studies for Interested Scholars and Lay Readers Alike

by Steven L. Olsen

Overview

Review of Chiasmus: The State of the Art, edited by John W. Welch and Donald W. Parry (Provo, UT: BYU Studies and Book of Mormon Central, 2020). 358 pages. $24.68, paperback.

Abstract: This collection of essays represents the latest scholarship on chiasmus. They were selected from papers delivered at an academic conference at Brigham Young University in 2017. Articles reflect both "the state of the art" and the state of the technique in chiastic studies.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162366942
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	04/08/2021
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #44
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	349 KB

About the Author

Steven L. Olsen received AM and PhD degrees in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1978 and 1985, respectively. For the past three decades he has filled various professional and administrative positions with the LDS Church History Department, Salt Lake City, including Senior Curator and Managing Director. Major projects completed under his leadership include the major exhibits: A Covenant Restored: Historical Foundations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Presidents of the Church at the Church History Museum; the historic site restorations, Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith Farm and Sacred Grove and Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site (western New York), Historic Kirtland and John and Else Johnson Home (northeast Ohio), Cove Fort and Brigham Young Winter Home (Utah); and the Church History Library in Salt Lake City.