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Literary structure (chiasm, chiasmus) of Book of Judges

Correspondence table of Pericopes and Literary Structure


The text can be divided in 31 pericopes. This text includes, one 15 paired (31 pericopes) whole concentric structure, divided in three 5 paired concentric structures, divided in five 3 paired concentric structures.

Pericope135
1 Israel's failure to complete the conquest of Canaan (1:1-36) 1-1 3-1 5-1
2 Israel's unfaithfulness (2:1-3:6) 1-1 3-1 5-1
3 Othniel (3:7-11) 1-1 3-1 5-1
4 Ehud (3:12-30) 1-1 3-1 5-1
5 Shamgar (3:31) 1-1 3-1 5-1
6 Deborah and Barak (4:1-24) 1-1 3-1 5-1
7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) 1-1 3-1 5-1 5-2
8 The call of Gideon (6:1-24) 1-1 3-1 5-2
9 Gideon destroys the altar of Baal (6:25-32) 1-1 3-1 5-2
10 The sign of the Fleece (6:33-40) 1-1 3-1 5-2
11 Gideon surprises and routs the Midianites (7:1-25) 1-1 3-1 3-2 5-2
12 Gideon and Ephraim (8:1-3) 1-1 3-2 5-2
13 Gideon's vengeance (8:4-21) 1-1 3-2 5-2 5-3
14 Gideon's idolatry (8:22-28) 1-1 3-2 5-3
15 Death of Gideon (8:29-35) 1-1 3-2 5-3
16 The downfall of Abimelech (9:1-57) 1-1 3-2 5-3
17 Tola (10:1-2) 1-1 3-2 5-3
18 Jair (10:3-5) 1-1 3-2 5-3
19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) 1-1 3-2 5-3 5-4
20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 1-1 3-2 5-4
21 Ibzan (12:8-10) 1-1 3-2 3-3 5-4
22 Elon (12:11-12) 1-1 3-3 5-4
23 Abdon (12:13-15) 1-1 3-3 5-4
24 The prophecy of Samson's birth (13:1-25) 1-1 3-3 5-4
25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) 1-1 3-3 5-4 5-5
26 Samson and three hundred foxes (15:1-8) 1-1 3-3 5-5
27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 1-1 3-3 5-5
28 Samson and Delilah (16:1-22) 1-1 3-3 5-5
29 Samson's death (16:23-31) 1-1 3-3 5-5
30 The migration of Dan (17:1-18:31) 1-1 3-3 5-5
31 Gibeah's crime (19:1-21:25) 1-1 3-3 5-5

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