Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets

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, ex...