Intertestamental
Tobit | Judith | Wisdom of Solomon | Ecclesiasticus (Jesus Ben Sira) | I Maccabees | II Maccabees | III Maccabees | Pseudepigrapha / I Enoch | Assumption of Moses | Narrative of Zosimus | Qumran | 1QH (Hodayot / Thanksgiving Hymns) | Josephus | Philo Judaeus
Apocrypha
Tobit
1:6 - 14:15 |
R. Smith; S. Ehat (1:1 - 14:14); Ehat, letter to Robert F. Smith, Nov 25, 1997, ABC1D1EFGH1H2D2C2KLMNOPQRSRQPONL1FMD1KD2L2ICHBED3A1GA2 |
7:8 - 8:14 |
R. Smith; ABCDEEDCBA. |
Judith
2:4 - 16:2 |
R. Smith; abcdeedcba. |
2:14-7:32 |
West, “Judith,” 749, abccba. |
16:2-13 |
R. Smith; abcdefedcba; Song of Judith. |
16:10 |
Wisdom of Solomon
1 - 19 |
Lohr CBQ 23:426-427 (citing Metzger Introduction 68), cited in di Marco LB 37:67; ABABA. |
1:1 - 6:21 |
Reese CBQ 27:391-399, ABCBA and Wright Biblica 48:165-184 (abcba), cited in di Marco LB 37:65-67, and in Winston Wisdom 10; Wright, “Numerical Patterns, CBQ 29:220, ABCBA. |
1:1-5 |
Winston Wisdom 10; inclusio (kyklos). |
1:1 |
Winston Wisdom 14; cf Mat 6:33. |
1:4 |
Winston Wisdom 14. |
1:8 |
Winston Wisdom 14. |
1:16 - 2:24 |
Winston Wisdom 10; inclusio. |
3:15 |
Winston Wisdom 14. |
5:1-23 |
Winston Wisdom 10; inclusio; cf Eph 6:11. |
6:1-21 |
Winston Wisdom 10; inclusio. |
6:17-20 |
Moulton Literary 53, inclusion, cited in di Marco LB 37:65; with sorites (anadiplosis); cf Jn 14:15. |
6:22 - 11:1 |
Wright Biblica 48:167 (n), 168, cited in di Marco LB 37:66-67. |
7:1 - 8:21 |
Wright Biblica 48:167 n, cited in di Marco LB 37:66-67; cf Jn 1. |
7:1-6 |
Winston Wisdom 10; inclusio. |
8:17-21 |
Winston Wisdom 11; inclusio. |
11:1-4 |
Winston Wisdom 11; inclusio. |
13:1-9 |
Winston Wisdom 11; inclusio; cf Gal 4:3. |
13:10 - 15:17 |
Wright Biblica 48:179-180, inclusion, cited in di Marco LB 37:67; ABCDCBA; Wright, “Numerical Patterns,” CBQ, 29:223, 1 2 3 4 3 2 1. |
13:11-15:19 |
Hayman, “The Wisdom of Solomon,” 773, abcdcba. |
15:7-13 |
Winston Wisdom 11; inclusio; cf Rom 9:21. |
16:1-4 |
Winston Wisdom 11; inclusio. |
16:5-14 |
Winston Wisdom 11; inclusio; cf Jn 3:14-16. |
17:1 - 18:4 |
Winston Wisdom 12; inclusio. |
18:5-25 |
Winston Wisdom 12; inclusio. |
Ecclesiasticus (Jesus Ben Sira)
1:1 - 43:33 |
R. Smith; overall chiasm with multistructure; cf Brownlee MQS 256 n 19. |
1:4 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 73, 75-76, 78, cited in di Marco LB 37:64. |
1:10 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 73, 75-76, 78, cited in di Marco LB 37:64. |
1:13 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 73, 75-76, 78, cited in di Marco LB 37:64. |
3:30 |
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4:24-25 |
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6:24 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 73, 75-76, 78, cited in di Marco LB 37:65. |
7:5 |
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7:10 |
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10:10 |
Watson CIA |
11:8 |
Watson CIA |
12:6 |
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12:18 |
Watson CIA 124. |
14:11 - 41:4 |
R. Smith. |
14:20 - 15:10 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 73, 75-76, 78, cited in di Marco LB 37:65. |
15:2 |
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24:3-5 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 111, cited in di Marco LB 37:65; cf Prov 8. |
24:7-8 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 113, cited in di Marco LB 37:65; cf Prov 8. |
24:28-29 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 121, cited in di Marco LB 37:65; cf Prov 8. |
24:31-33 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 129, cited in di Marco LB 37:65; cf Prov 8. |
25:1 - 26:28 |
R. Smith; ABA. |
38:25 |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 176, cited in di Marco LB 37:65. |
39:12-35 |
Beavin in Laymon, ed., Interpreter’s 570; creation poem. |
42:15 - 43:33 |
R. Smith; ABA; hymn of praise. |
45:5ef |
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47:11ed |
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51:13-30 |
R. Smith; centrally climactic (all honor!) = 11QApPs (Heb); alphabetic acrostic; cf Skehan HTR 64:387-400. |
51:22 |
König Stilistik 146, and Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 197-198, 207, 209, cited in di Marco LB 37:65. |
51:26cd |
Rickenbacher Weisheitsperikopen 197-198, 207, 209, cited in di Marco LB 37:65. |
I Maccabees
1:10 - 2:48 ? |
Laconi in Messaggio 3:381 n 10, cited in di Marco LB 36:57; inclusion. |
1:20 - 13:42 |
R. Smith; abcdefghihgfedcba. |
II Maccabees
2:19 - 15:39 |
Doran Temple Propaganda R. Smith; ABCDCBA; cf Brownlee IDB K-Q 206, 208 (c2,7). |
III Maccabees
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Breck Shape of Biblical Language; Demetrics J. Constantelos and John Breck, 3 Maccabees, ABCDCBA. |
Pseudepigrapha
I Enoch
1 - 104 |
R. Smith; ABA, following Charles APOT II:171-177, on original Hebrew-Aramaic-Hebrew sequence overall. |
6 - 11 |
Suter dissertation 151-152, 156, centering on chapter 9; cf Isa 24:17-23. |
37 - 71 |
R. Smith; ABA of En Sim / Parables of Enoch (38 - 69), within inclusion, following Suter dissertation 201-202, 217-222, on the three parallel and eschatologically progressive sections. |
38 - 69 |
Suter dissertation 201-202, 217-222, and personal communication; ABA within inclusion, the three sections being parallel in progressive eschatological sequence. |
39:4-5 |
Suter dissertation 213; chiastic and direct simultaneously in a tetracolon. |
47:1 - 48:10 |
Hartmann Prophecy 63; inclusion of 47:1-2 ∥48:8-10 – “marked causal connection”; cf I En 46:1-8, 52:6 - 53:7, and 63:1-12. |
54:1 - 56:4 |
Suter dissertation 67, 72-74; ABA; cf Isa 24:17-23. |
56:4 |
Suter dissertation 211; chiastic bicolon (destroyed in 58:3). |
56:6 |
Hartmann Prophecy 88; chiastic bicolon. |
64:1 - 68:1 |
Suter dissertation 67, 74-77; ABA; cf Isa 24:17-23. |
65:3-10 |
R. Smith; abcdedcba – the verses are not, thus, to be rearranged or emended. |
69:26-29 |
Hartmann Prophecy 64. |
91:12-17 |
Licht JJS 16:177-182; 4QEnochg; Apocalypse of Weeks. |
93:2-10 |
Licht JJS 16:177-182; ABCDEXEDCBA; 4QEnochg; Apocalypse of Weeks. |
100:1-9 |
Hartmann Prophecy 55-56, 63. |
100:4b-9 |
Hartmann Prophecy 55-56. |
100:7-9 |
R. Smith; ABA. |
Assumption of Moses
10:5a |
R. Smith; Charles emends. |
10:1-10 |
Hartmann Prophecy 127-132. |
10:7-10 |
Hartmann Prophecy 127. |
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Welch; Charlesworth Pseudepigrapha 224-225; ABCBA. |
Qumran
1QS (Serek / Manual of Discipline)
3:13 - 4:26 |
Licht Scripta Hierosolymitana IV:88-100; Breck Shape of Biblical Language, 277, ABA. |
3:17b-4:14 |
Breck, SBL, 278, ABA. |
4:15-26 |
Breck, SBL, 278, ABCDaaCBA. |
4:20-21a |
Brownlee MQS 265-267; ab:ba. |
1QH (Hodayot / Thanksgiving Hymns)
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Thiering JSS 8:189-209; ABBA; ABCDDCBA; ABCDEFGGFEDCBA. |
1:21a-27b |
Thiering JSS 8:192-193, ABCDDCBA. |
1:27b-29b |
Thiering JSS 8:200, ABXBA. |
2:7-19 |
Thiering JSS 8:200. |
2:20-30 |
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3 |
Silberman JBL 75:96-106. |
3:5-9 |
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3:7b-12a |
Thiering JSS 8:196-197, ABCDEFGXGFEDCBA. |
3:11-17 |
Thiering JSS 8:198; “link.” |
3:12a-18b |
Thiering JSS 8:197-198. |
3:33-36 |
Theiring JSS 8:200-201; cf Kittel Hymns , on climax of 3:19-36. |
4:6-11 |
Thiering JSS 8:201. |
5:5-19 |
Kittel Hymns, focal stanza. |
7:6-10 |
Thiering JSS 8:201. |
7:10b-14a |
Thiering JSS 8:201. |
7:26-33 |
Thiering JSS 8:201-202; cf Sanders RQ 6:427-431; Kittel Hymns. |
8:5b-11a |
Thiering JSS 8:200; on Tree(s) of Life. |
9:9b-10b |
Thiering JSS 8:204. |
9:29b-36b |
Thiering JSS 8:190-192, ABXBA. |
9:37 - 10:12 |
Kittle Hymns, bisected. |
11 |
Breck, SBL, 278-79, ABCDEEDCBA. |
11:3-14 |
Thiering JSS 8:202-203. |
12:4b-7b |
Thiering JSS 8:195-196, ABCDEFXFEDCBA. |
Josephus
Antiquities
18, 4, 6 §§106-108 |
Schenk NTS 29:453-483; ABA. |
18, 5, 1 §§109-114 |
Schenk NTS 29:453-483; ABCBA. |
18, 5, 1 - 5, 3 §§115-120 |
Schenk NTS 29:453-483; ABCDCBA. |
Philo Judaeus
Moses (Vita Moysis)
2:251 |
Schmitt NT 29:177-182; ABBA. |