Robert D. Holmstedt
Work to Download
Ph.D. Thesis
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2002. The Relative Clause in Biblical Hebrew: A Linguistic Analysis. (Download PDF file)
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Book Chapters
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*In press. Historical Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew Diachrony, ed. Ziony Zevit and Cynthia L. Miller. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. (Download PDF draft)
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*In press. The Grammar of šeC- and ʾăšer in Qohelet. In Fresh Perspectives on Qohelet, ed. Mark Boda, Tremper Longman, and Cristian Rata. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. (Download PDF draft)
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*In press. The Syntax and Pragmatics of Subject Pronouns in Phoenician. In Linguistic Studies in Phoenician Grammar, ed. Robert Holmstedt and Aaron Schade. Winona, Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. (Download PDF draft)
* 2005. Word Order in the Book of Proverbs. Pp. 135-54 in Seeking out the Wisdom of the Ancients: Essays Offered to Honor Michael V. Fox on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday, ed. R.L. Troxel, K.G. Friebel, and D.R. Magary; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. (buy the book; download PDF file)
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Journal Articles
* 2011. The Typological Classification of the Hebrew of Genesis: Subject-Verb or Verb-Subject? JHS 11(14):1-39 (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article_161.pdf ).
* 2009. ʾănî wǝlibbî: The Syntactic Encoding of the Collaborative Nature of Qohelet’s Experiment. JHS 9(19):1-26 (www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/abstracts-articles.html#A121).
* 2009. So-Called ‘First-Conjunct Agreement’ in Biblical Hebrew. Pp. 19-47 in Proceedings of NACAL 35, ed. C. Häberl. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. (Download PDF file)
* 2009. Word Order and Information Structure in Ruth and Jonah: A Generative-Typological Analysis. JSS 54(1):111-39. (JSS website; Download PDF file)
* 2008. The Relative Clause in Canaanite Epigraphic Texts. JNSL 34(2):1-34. (JNSL website; Download PDF file)
* 2008. The Restrictive Syntax of Genesis i.1. VT 58. (VT website; Download PDF file)
* 2007. The Etymologies of Hebrew ʾăšer and šeC-. JNES 66(3):177-91. (JNES website; Download PDF file)
* 2006. The Story of Ancient Hebrew ʾăšer. ANES 43:9-28. (ANES website; Download PDF file)
* 2006. Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead Language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew. JHS 6(11):1-21 (www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/abstracts-articles.html#A61).
* 2003. Habakkuk 3:16 - Where Did the ʾăšer Go? HS 44:129-38. (Download PDF file)
* 2001. Headlessness and Extraposition: Another Look at the Syntax of ʾăšer. JNSL 27(1):1-16. (JNSL website; download PDF file)
* 2000. The Phonology of Classical Hebrew: A Linguistic Study of Long Vowels and Syllable Structure. ZAH 13(2):145-56. (Download PDF file)
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Review Articles
* 2003. Adjusting Our Focus (review of Katsuomi Shimasaki, Focus Structure in Biblical Hebrew: A Study of Word Order and Information Structure). HS 44: 203-15. (Download PDF file)
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Reviews
*2010. Review of Alan S. Kaye, ed., Morphologies of Africa and Asia (2 Volumes).Review of Biblical Literature. (http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7119)
* 2009. Review of Williams’ Hebrew Syntax. Third Edition Revised and expanded by John C. Beckman UTQ’s ‘Letters in Canada 2007’ 78/1: 156-58. (UTQ website; Download PDF file)
* 2009. Review of Word Order Variation in Biblical Poetry, by Nicholas Lunn. JSS 54/1:283-285. (JSS website; Download PDF file)
* 2008. Review of Ancient Place Names in the Holy Land: Preservation and History, by Yoel Elitzur. JNES 67(4):307-308. (JNES website; Download PDF file)
* 2008. Review of A Primer on Ugaritic Language, Culture, and Literature by William Schniedewind and Joel Hunt. RBL. (http://www.bookreviews.org/BookDetail.asp?TitleId=5978)
* 2008. Review of The Cambridge Biblical Hebrew Workbook: Introductory Level by Nava Bergman.” JHS 8 (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/review287.htm)
* 2006. Review of Verb Movement in Biblical Aramaic, by Adriaan Lamprecht. HS47:437-39. (Download PDF file)
* 2006. Review of Reading Hebrew: The Language and Psychology of Reading It, by Joseph Shimron. The Linguist List (link to review: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2100.html)
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Unpublished Work (feedback welcome)
* Dating the Language of Ruth: A Study in Method. Revision of a paper presented at annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (Ottawa, May 23, 2009). (Download PDF draft)