Discoveries in Chiasmus

Compiled works of Yvonne Bent, Denver Snuffer, Mark Shields, Greg Carlston, Lenet Read, Kathryn Paulsen, Val Brinkerhoff, Scott L. Vanatter, and Jared R. Demke This second edition has added a bio on each author, an index, and improved the formatting for ease of reading. This book is a compilation or anthology of the some of the best and most current research on chiasmus in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each of these authors/presenters includes a powerful and unique perspective comprising the separate chapters of the book. Chiasmus, once assumed to be only an ancient Hebraic literary pattern, has now been shown to be a pattern in all things. It has been identified in both the sciences and the arts. Chapters in this compilation are based on presentations at a recent conference organized by Yvonne Bent on chiasmus. The authors/presenters show how this pattern can be recognized in art, music, architecture, mathematics, the human body and even the atom. Chapter summaries