Pattern Analysis is an innovative approach to the Bible that opens one's understanding of the text. Based on nine years of Bible research, it is the study of pericopesThe account of Christ's three temptations is a pericope (pronounced pur-ic'-o-pee). Pericopes are otherwise known as literary units—they normally appear as a paragraph or so in most modern Bibles. Unlike other approaches to literary structure, Pattern Analysis searches for how the pericopes persuade us based on their organizations.
For those who apply this methodology, they should grasp deeper meaning from the text. Their search for related themes and the documentation of their findings should expose nuances that might otherwise be missed. The goal is to hear what the Holy Spirit is emphasizing within the text.
Pattern Analysis presents a consistent method to discern the structural and rhetorical emphasis in each pericope. To date, over 26,000 of the 31,000 verses of the Bible have been analyzed, and every verse fits the model. Because of that strong consistency, Pattern Analysis gives compelling evidence of the Holy Spirit's inspiration from Genesis to Revelation.
Note that the Torah has been completed in entirety as have the Minor Prophets and all the New Testament. The consistency between the Torah and other portions of the Bible presents strong evidence that the One who inspired the Torah was also the One who inspired the New Testament.
Methodology: Version 1.70 of the manuscript Pattern Analysis Methodology is available for downloading, updated 4/10/2024.
Frequency Analyses:
Analyses of the nine major genres show surprisingly good coherence to the mean. In the seventh year of Pattern Analysis development, some frequency analyses were prepared to see if these features were consistent. That analysis has expanded—forty metrics, Absence to Variation, are presented for each genre. When viewing the following charts, compare each of the nine genres with the Mean: All Genres. Considering the many so-called authors of the Bible, how is this possible without the Holy Spirit?
Frequencies for All Literary Devices — updated 4/21/2025
Frequencies for Basic Chiasms — updated 4/10/2025
Frequencies for Basic Parallel Symmetries — updated 4/10/2025
Frequencies for Basic Immediate Repetitions — updated 4/10/2025
Supporting files: Supplemental materials are available for this methodology. An analytical methodology is used with three models: a demarcation model that identifies where a literary unit starts and certain prominent locations within the literary unit; a structural model that identifies the organization of the literary unit; and a rhetorical model where the student documents how the literary unit adds persuasive emphasis.
Pattern Analysis Summary — updated 2/19/2015
Books Analyzed with Pattern Analysis — updated 4/21/2025
Literary Units in Pattern Analysis Methodology — updated 11/21/2024
Glossary of Pattern Analysis Terms — updated 10/26/2024
Examples from Pattern Analysis Methodology — updated 4/11/2025
Twenty (20) Demarcation Markers — updated 08/26/2024
Twenty-two (22) Literary Devices for the Structural Model — updated 4/4/2025
Twenty-four (24) Literary Devices for the Rhetorical Model — updated 4/4/2025