Robert D Holmstedt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1423846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert D Holmstedt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert D |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmstedt |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMSTEDT R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8921-0332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Syntax of Genesis 1
It is well known that Gen 1:1–3 contains considerably more linguistic complexity than readers may initially notice. As the first verses in the Hebrew Bible, they have engendered significant theological and scholarly analysis and been caught up in the modern “creation-science” debate. Yet, for all this attention, the linguistic details are often overlooked or, in some cases, disregarded in favour of ideologically-bound analyses that preference tra…
Parenthesis in Biblical Hebrew as noncoordinative nonsubordination
Though little attention has been given to parenthesis in BH grammatical studies, various modern language translations make it clear that scholars and translators perceive a great many parenthetical constructions in the Hebrew Bible. Such parentheses are distinguished by modern punctuation conventions, often with curved brackets or commas and sometimes with dashes. And yet, it is often difficult to discern what principle(s) ties together clauses o…
Linguistics, Philology, and the Role of Theory
What is “philology” in contemporary research? How does it relate to linguistics? Does studying language for the purpose of reading texts legitimise a pre-theoretical approach to language analysis? Is research without an explicit theoretical undergirding (no matter how deep beneath the overt layers of argument) anything more than naive empiricism? This essay addresses a long-standing issue in Biblical Hebrew studies that has recently flared up: is…
Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures XI
Anaphora in Biblical Hebrew
Anaphora, that is, backwards-referring relations, are well-known in language and include such common items as a variety of pro-forms (it, that, myself, each other) and even adverbs (so). Lesser studied are forward-referring relations, i.e., cataphora. Biblical Hebrew utilises a variety of anaphoric relations, though it lacks a true reflexive anaphor. This study will introduce the investigation of anaphora from a generative syntactic perspective, …
The Accordance Hebrew Syntactic Database Project
The Accordance Hebrew Syntax database is the result of a decade of collaborative planning and research. The origin of the project lies in a research grant proposal written by Robert Holmstedt (University of Toronto) in 2007. At that time, two other databases had become accessible to the public: 1) the WIVU Emdros database of the Werkgroep Informatica of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, now administered by the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and …
Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead Language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew
With the increasing maturation of the linguistic analysis of ancient Hebrew, it becomes increasingly important that we keep in mind the inherent challenges of analyzing no-longer-spoken languages, like ancient Hebrew. In this article I address a number of such issues in the hopes of provoking some fruitful discussion. First, I address the distinction between linguistic analysis and philological analysis. Then I address some of the major methodolo…
The Etymologies of Hebrew ʾăšer and šeC
Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients
Michael V. Fox, long-time professor in the Dept. of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is known both for his scholarship and his teaching. As the editors of this volume in his honor note, the care and sensitivity of his reading of the Hebrew text are well known, and he lavishes equal attention on his own writing, to the benefit of all who read his work, which now includes the first of two volumes in the Anchor Bibl…
Seeking Out the Wisdom of the Ancients
Michael V. Fox, long-time professor in the Dept. of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is known both for his scholarship and his teaching. As the editors of this volume in his honor note, the care and sensitivity of his reading of the Hebrew text are well known, and he lavishes equal attention on his own writing, to the benefit of all who read his work, which now includes the first of two volumes in the Anchor Bibl…
The Etymologies of Hebrew ʾăšer and šeC
Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead Language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew
With the increasing maturation of the linguistic analysis of ancient Hebrew, it becomes increasingly important that we keep in mind the inherent challenges of analyzing no-longer-spoken languages, like ancient Hebrew. In this article I address a number of such issues in the hopes of provoking some fruitful discussion. First, I address the distinction between linguistic analysis and philological analysis. Then I address some of the major methodolo…
The Accordance Hebrew Syntactic Database Project
The Accordance Hebrew Syntax database is the result of a decade of collaborative planning and research. The origin of the project lies in a research grant proposal written by Robert Holmstedt (University of Toronto) in 2007. At that time, two other databases had become accessible to the public: 1) the WIVU Emdros database of the Werkgroep Informatica of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, now administered by the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and …
Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures XI
Anaphora in Biblical Hebrew
Anaphora, that is, backwards-referring relations, are well-known in language and include such common items as a variety of pro-forms (it, that, myself, each other) and even adverbs (so). Lesser studied are forward-referring relations, i.e., cataphora. Biblical Hebrew utilises a variety of anaphoric relations, though it lacks a true reflexive anaphor. This study will introduce the investigation of anaphora from a generative syntactic perspective, …
Parenthesis in Biblical Hebrew as noncoordinative nonsubordination
Though little attention has been given to parenthesis in BH grammatical studies, various modern language translations make it clear that scholars and translators perceive a great many parenthetical constructions in the Hebrew Bible. Such parentheses are distinguished by modern punctuation conventions, often with curved brackets or commas and sometimes with dashes. And yet, it is often difficult to discern what principle(s) ties together clauses o…
Linguistics, Philology, and the Role of Theory
What is “philology” in contemporary research? How does it relate to linguistics? Does studying language for the purpose of reading texts legitimise a pre-theoretical approach to language analysis? Is research without an explicit theoretical undergirding (no matter how deep beneath the overt layers of argument) anything more than naive empiricism? This essay addresses a long-standing issue in Biblical Hebrew studies that has recently flared up: is…
The Syntax of Genesis 1
It is well known that Gen 1:1–3 contains considerably more linguistic complexity than readers may initially notice. As the first verses in the Hebrew Bible, they have engendered significant theological and scholarly analysis and been caught up in the modern “creation-science” debate. Yet, for all this attention, the linguistic details are often overlooked or, in some cases, disregarded in favour of ideologically-bound analyses that preference tra…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Hebrew (6 works) · History (6 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (5 works) · Biblical studies (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Hebrew Bible (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works)