Repetition... Chapter Outline

Repetition... Chapter Outline

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

DATA IN THIS BOOK

CHAPTER ONE — REPETITION IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Collecting the Data
Heptadic Phrases in Matthew
What Is a Greek Text?
How Many Ancient Greek Manuscripts Are There?
How Were Ancient Manuscripts Collated into 9 Greek Texts?
Who Assembled These Greek Texts?
Metered Introduction to Conversation: Anaphoric Phrases
Decadal Phrases in Matthew
Dodecadal Phrases in Matthew
Integration of Hebraic Meter in Matthew 10:24-42
Single Words Repeated 7, 10, and 12 Times in Matthew
Single Words in Heptadic Meter
Single Words in Decadal Meter
Single Words in Dodecadal Meter
Single Word Repeated 17 Times

CHAPTER TWO — REPETITION IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK
Heptadic Meter in Mark
Decadal Meter in Mark
Metered Introduction to Conversation: Anaphoric Phrases
Hebraic Meter Verifies Authenticity of Mark Chapter 16:9-20
Additional Metered Words in Mark

CHAPTER THREE — REPETITION IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE
Heptadic Meter in Luke
Dodecadal Meter in Luke
Metered Introduction to Conversation: Anaphoric Phrases
Probability of Repetition in Numbers and Phrases in the Bible
Single Words in Heptadic Meter
Single Words in Decadal Meter
Single Words in Dodecadal Meter
Single Word Repeated 17 Times

CHAPTER FOUR — REPETITION IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
Eternal Life and Truth
Heptadic Meter in John
Metered Introduction to Conversation: Anaphoric Phrases
Repetition in Conversation in the Four Gospels
Decadal Meter in John
Metered Words and Phrases within Accounts
Dodecadal Meter in John
Exceptions
Single Words in Heptadic Meter
Single Words in Decadal Meter
Single Words in Dodecadal Meter
Single Words Repeated 17 Times
The Woman Caught in Adultery
Hebraic Meter in Gospel Events

CHAPTER FIVE — REPETITION IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Heptadic Meter in Revelation
Activity in Heaven
God in Heptadic Meter
Blessing in Revelation
Signs in Revelation
Time in Revelation
Decadal Meter in Revelation
God in Decadal Meter
Activity on Earth
Metered Introduction to Conversation: Anaphoric Phrases
Dodecadal Meter in Revelation
Three Plus Four or Three Times Four
Single Words in Heptadic Meter
Single Words in Decadal Meter
Single Words in Dodecadal Meter
Word Stems in Revelation

CHAPTER SIX — REPETITION: A CONTEMPORARY DEFINITION
Important Authors on Repetition in Revelation
Forms of Repetition in the Book of Revelation
Repeated Phrases in Revelation
Sternberg’s Research Applied to Revelation
The Function of Repetition
Applying Aesthetic Hermeneutics to the Text
Repetition versus Nestle-Aland’s Greek Text

CHAPTER SEVEN — SONG OF SOLOMON: A PATTERN FOR JESUS IN REVELATION
Revelation Repeats the Shape of the Old Testament
Song of Solomon and Revelation Employ Same Decadal Image
Metered Phrases and Words in Song of Solomon

CHAPTER EIGHT — REPETITION IN GENESIS AND EXODUS
Chiasm: A Form of Repetition
Cassuto: A Primary Source for This Chapter
The Documentary Hypothesis
Cassuto on Heptadic Repetition
Heptadic Repetition in the Creation Account
Heptadic Structure: An Eastern View of Order
Heptadic Unity in the Creation Accounts
Heptadic Repetition in the Flood
Heptadic Blessings Given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Heptadic Events in Genesis
Heptadic Phrases in Genesis
Metered Introduction to Conversation: Anaphoric Phrases
Cassuto on Exodus: Heptadic Meter in God’s Call to Moses
Heptadic Events in the 10 Plagues
Heptadic Repetition in the Sinai Desert
Single Words in Heptadic Meter in Genesis and Exodus
Seventy: An Expression of Heptadic Completion
Hebraic Meter Spanning Adjacent Books in the Bible
Decadal Meter in Genesis
Decadal Events in Genesis
Decadal Meter in Exodus
Nouns and Derivative Verbs in the Creation Account
Single Words in Decadal Meter in Genesis and Exodus
Dodecadal Meter in Genesis
Single Words in Dodecadal Meter in Genesis
Single Words Repeated 17 Times

CHAPTER NINE — A DEEPER LOOK INTO GENESIS AND EXODUS
Hebraic Meter in Time
Origins of the Bible’s Number System: Sexagesimal or Antediluvian?
The Tabernacle
Order in the Bible
Cassuto on Perfection versus Blessing
Increased Complexity in Exodus
Decadal Meter in the Waw Consecutive (repetition of ands)
Contemporary Authors’ Views on Genesis 75 years after Cassuto

CHAPTER TEN — REPETITION IN THE GENESIS GENEALOGY
Hebraic Meter in the Genesis Genealogy
Unity of Numbers in the Patriarchs
Genesis Mathematics Superior to Cuneiform Tablets
Additional Hebraic Meter in the Ages of the Patriarchs
Dates for the Exodus, Abraham, and the Flood
Gaps in the Genealogy: Yes and No
How Genesis Records Numbers
Questions about Terah’s Age at Abraham’s Birth
Genesis Genealogy Symbolized as World Government in Revelation
Repetition of Prophetic Images
Metered Genealogy in the Gospels
Chronological Order Not a Priority in the Bible
Problem of the Second Cainan
Admin Missing from the Septuagint and the Old Testament
Hebraic Meter in Ezra and Nehemiah’s Postexilic Records
Septuagint Inaccuracies in the Patriarchal Ages
Repetition throughout the Genealogies
Repetition of Names in Genesis

CONCLUSION
Repetition in the Gnostic Gospels
The Quackery of Q
How Was Meter Placed in the Text?
Three Impossibilities

APPENDIX A —
CALCULATIONS FROM A UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICIAN

APPENDIX B —
CALCULATIONS FROM MATHEMATICIAN MATT SWANSON

WORKS CITED

INDEX

Total: 424 pages