Central Axis

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1. Eliyahu in Horev (Part 1)

   Structure of the Story

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   The chiastic structure in chapter 19 utilizes parallels in language, themes, characters and geography in order to highlight Eliyahu’s revelation at Mount Horev as the central axis of this narrative.

2. Navot's Vineyard (Part 8)

   Concluding Study: ֠Structure of the Narrative (Part 1)

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   The two halves of the story reflect two inverse processes that Ahav undergoes: his deterioration from transgressing a “light” prohibition to complicity in the most terrible of sins – murder, and his ascent from the depths of his sin to the level of a penitent. A significant literary structure exists around the low-point of the story – Ahav taking possession of Navot’s vineyard.

3. Navot's Vineyard (Part 9)

   Concluding Study: ֠Structure of the Narrative (Part 2)

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   Various thematic and literary parallels and contrasts are drawn between the two halves of the story before and after the central axis of the story highlighting Izevel’s influence on Ahav and the movement from the sin to the punishment.