Reading the diagramed Stories

Hi, this is Anne again...

When you read and study the diagramed Stories, you may want to consider these things:

1. Study the wisdom statements. Feel the wisdom. Watch how the wisdom statements progress throughout each diagramed Story. The wisdom statements can be read continuously throughout the entire book, letter or gospel. The wisdom statements were probably written first, then the story statements. (I'll have my dad correct me later, if I got that backwards...)

2. Look at the story statements. Feel the "story" of each section.

You may be wondering why the Stories are diagramed as they are. Why weren't the sections and statements separated at other places? It has taken over 4 years to understand exactly where the separations are to be made. All of the writers of the Stories follow specific "rules" when writing the respective statements within each section. This is why this literary form is so well-defined and invariable. Not only does the literary form of the parable have 5 sections and 4-5 statements within each section, but the writers follow certain "rules" when writing each statement. (Those rules will be published, so scholars can study them.)