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Literary structure (chiasm, chiasmus) of Book of Jonah

Correspondence table of Pericopes and Literary Structure


Pericope1
1 Jonah tries to run away from God (1:1-3) 1-1
2 Jonah's disaster (1:4-16) 1-1
3 A psalm of thanksgiving (2:1-11) 1-1
4 Conversion of Nineveh (3:1-10) 1-1
5 Jonah is reproved (4:1-11) 1-1

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