Definition of the theme -- State of the research -- Purpose and importance -- Methods -- Outline of the study -- Linguistic-phonological metathesis -- Textual metathesis due to mistaken reading or writing -- Literary-stylistic metathesis names: Introduction to chapters four and five -- Personal names inverted in context -- Geographical names inverted in context -- Personal and geographical names in one text that are inverted in another -- Literary-stylistic metathesis words: Metatheses inverting the whole word/root -- Metatheses involving identical letters in the word/root, partially inverted -- Metatheses involving partial inversion of the word/root at the same point in each word: A. Torah. B. Latter prophets. C. Former prophets, Psalms, and Wisdom literature -- Metatheses between the beginning or end of one word and the end or beginning of another word -- Metatheses involving an exchange between ù; and ù" -- Conclusion -- Literary-stylistic metathesis in the Book of Ben Sira: Literary metatheses preserved in the Hebrew manuscripts -- Metatheses reconstructed by Moshe Zvi Segal in the portions missing from the Hebrew manuscripts -- Conclusion -- Literary-stylistic metathesis in rabbinic literature: Personal names -- Words and phrases -- Anagram.