The whole presents a psalm which has a quantitative balance and a chiastic mirror-image structure. |
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The narrative flow of the twin parables unfolds in a manner that reflects a chiastic formulation in the repetition of their themes. |
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Simon looks at chiastic elements in the book, and considers the date of Jonah's composition. |
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Consequently, we cannot speak about tautology and one single chiastic transformation, but the relation between the two figures is unfolded in an 'infinite' number of chiasms. |
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