The following bibliography is arranged chronologically so that the development of scholarly thought concerning the Pivot Pattern may be more easily discerned. Following each entry is the term for the Pivot Pattern used by the scholar referenced.

1932
Moler, H., "Strophenbau der Psalmen," ZAW, 50, 240-256.
Chiastischer Strophenbau mit Mittelstrophe

1967
Dahood, M.J., "A New Metrical Pattern in Biblical Poetry," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 29, 574-582.
Double Duty Modifier

1970
Dahood, M.J., Psalms III (101-150) in the Anchor Bible. Garden City: Doubleday and Company.
Double Duty Modifier

1972
Habermann, A.M., "Poetry" in Encyclopedia Judaica
Incomplete Parallel Bicola

1972
Gray, G.B., The Forms of Hebrew Poetry
Incomplete Parallelism without Compensation

1976
Dahood, M.J., "Poetry, Hebrew," in the Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press.
Double Duty Modifier or Two Way Middle

1976
Watson, W.G.E., "The Pivot Pattern in Hebrew, Ugaritic and Akkadian Poetry," ZAW, 88, 239-252.
Pivot Pattern

1978
Althann, R., "Jeremiah IV 11-12: Stichometry, Parallelism and Translation," Vetus Testamentum, 28, 385-391.
Pivot Pattern

1978
Auffret, P., "'Pivot Pattern': Nouveaux exemples (Jon ii 10; Ps xxxi 13; Is xxiii 7)," Vetus Testamentum, 28, 103-110.
Pivot Pattern

1981
Watson, W.G.E., "Chiastic Patterns in Biblical Hebrew Poetry," in Chiasmus in Antiquity (ed. John W. Welsh). Hildesheim: Gerstenberg Verlag.
Pivot Pattern

1984
Watson, W.G.E., Classical Hebrew Poetry. Sheffield: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Press (Supplement Series, 26).
Pivot Pattern

1986
Watson, W.G.E., Classical Hebrew Poetry, Second Edition. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press (reprint with corrections, 1995).
Pivot Pattern

1994
Watson, W.G.E., Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.
Pivot Pattern

1996
Lewis, M.H., "The Pivot Pattern in Biblical Hebrew," unpublished paper.
Pivot Pattern