Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets

by Nathan Klaus

The 'pivot pattern' is a unique type of chiasmus, a linguistic pattern characterized by an inversion of the internal order of a phrase or passage. The main idea is found primarily at its pivot, while its elements, normally of an uneven number, are distributed on both sides of the pivot in a mirrored symmetry. Klaus undertakes here to compile a 'grammar' of the pattern, and to characterize, exemplify and differentiate its various forms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185075912X
• ISBN13: 9781850759126
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"