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Literary structure (chiasm, chiasmus) of Song of Songs

Correspondence table of Pericopes and Literary Structure


Pericope14
1 1 (1:1-8) 1-1 4-1
2 2 (1:9-17) 1-1 4-1
3 3 (2:1-7) 1-1 4-1
4 4 (2:8-17) 1-1 4-1
5 5 (3:1-5) 1-1 4-1 4-2
6 6 (3:6-11) 1-1 4-2
7 7 (4:1-7) 1-1 4-2
8 8 (4:8-16_5:1) 1-1 4-2
9 9 (5:2-8) 1-1 4-2 4-3
10 10 (5:9-6:3) 1-1 4-3
11 11 (6:4-10) 1-1 4-3
12 12 (6:11-7:14) 1-1 4-3
13 13 (8:1-4) 1-1 4-3 4-4
14 14 (8:5-7) 1-1 4-4
15 15 (8:8-10) 1-1 4-4
16 16 (8:11-12) 1-1 4-4
17 17 (8:13-14) 1-1 4-4

Citations of the Bible are from New American Bible, New Revised Standard Version and New Jerusalem Bible.

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