One Simple Tool to Help You Get so Much More Out of Isaiah
Keywords
Isaiah’s writing, Hebrew poetic parallelism, biblical literary techniques
Abstract
Understanding the words of Isaiah is something that many aspire to but sometimes find difficult. One basic element to Isaiah’s writing is Hebrew poetic parallelism; understanding how this works can make Isaiah’s style more comprehensible.
In the most basic sense, parallelism is this: An author expresses an idea (A1). Then the author expresses or reinforces that idea again (A2).
Isaiah 2 is full of parallelism. Parallelism, of which chiasmus may be the most well-known example, is an ancient literary technique of expression.
Original Publication Citation
The Silence of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, LDS Living, March 4, 2017.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "One Simple Tool to Help You Get so Much More Out of Isaiah" (2017). Faculty Publications. 10076.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10076
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
LDS Living
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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