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Literary structure (chiasm, chiasmus) of Book of Daniel
Correspondence table of Pericopes and Literary Structure
Pericope
1
4
1 Four young Israelites at the Babylonian court
(
1:1-21
)
1-1
4-1
2 Nebuchadnezzar's dream
(
2:1-49
)
1-1
4-1
3 The fiery furnace
(
3:1-30
)
1-1
4-1
4 Nebuchadnezzar's second dream
(
3:31-4:25
)
1-1
4-1
5 Nebuchadnezzar's humiliation
(
4:26-34
)
1-1
4-1
4-2
6 The writing on the wall
(
5:1-29
)
1-1
4-2
7 Daniel in the Lion's den
(
6:1-29
)
1-1
4-2
8 The visions of four beasts
(
7:1-8
)
1-1
4-2
9 Judgment before the ancient one
(
7:9-14
)
1-1
4-2
4-3
10 Daniel's visions interpreted
(
7:15-28
)
1-1
4-3
11 Vision of a ram and a goat
(
8:1-14
)
1-1
4-3
12 Gabriel interprets the vision
(
8:15-27
)
1-1
4-3
13 Daniel's prayer for the people
(
9:1-20
)
1-1
4-3
4-4
14 The seventy weeks
(
9:21-27
)
1-1
4-4
15 Vision about the time of the end
(
10:1-21
)
1-1
4-4
16 Angel's prophecy
(
11:1-45
)
1-1
4-4
17 The resurrection of the dead
(
12:1-13
)
1-1
4-4
Citations of the Bible are from New American Bible, New Revised Standard Version and New Jerusalem Bible.
Literary Structure of the Bible
by
Hajime Murai
is licensed under a
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.
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