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Truth or Cherry Picking: A Statistical Approach to Chiastic Intentionality

TitleTruth or Cherry Picking: A Statistical Approach to Chiastic Intentionality
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsEdwards, Boyd F., and W. Farrell Edwards
EditorParry, Donald W., and John W. Welch
Book TitleChiasmus: The State of the Art
Pagination311–317
PublisherBYU Studies/Book of Mormon Central
CityProvo, UT/Springville, UT
KeywordsChiasmus; Literary Form
Abstract

The only way to know for sure about the intentionality of a chiasm is for its author to state whether he intentionally applied the chiastic form during composition. In many cases of interest, no such statement exists, and scholars are left to assess intentionality using only the text of the chiastic passage itself. To this end, several scholars have proposed criteria for evaluating chiasms, and we have introduced statistical tools for such evaluations.
URLhttps://byustudies.byu.edu/article/truth-or-cherry-picking-a-statistical-approach-to-chiastic-intentionality/

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