faculty

CV For: Robert D. Holmstedt

Telephone: 416-978-3180
FAX: 416-978-3305
Website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/holmstedt
Email: robert.holmstedt@utoronto.ca

Education:

Ph.D. (2002), M.A. (1997) in Hebrew & Semitic Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison.  Dissertation: “The Relative Clause in Biblical Hebrew: A Linguistic Analysis.”

B.A. (1995, cum laude) in Biblical and Theological Studies, Wheaton College

Research Specialization:

Ancient Hebrew and Northwest Semitic Languages
Generative linguistics
Hebrew Bible (myth and wisdom literature)

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

  • 2005. “What Linguistics Has to Offer Ancient Hebrew Studies (and What it Doesn’t).”  Paper accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Association of Jewish Studies.  Washington, D.C., Dec. 19.
  • 2005. “Topic and Focus in Biblical Hebrew if it is an SV Langauge”. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of SBL.  Philadelphia, Nov. 20.
  • 2004. “The Diachronics of רשא.” Paper presented at the Annual meeting of SBL.  San Antonio, Nov. 21.
  • 2003.  “Word Order and Information Structure in Proverbs.” Paper presented at the Annual meeting of SBL.  Atlanta, Nov. 24.
  • 2003.   “The Biblical Hebrew Relative Clause.” Hebrew Linguistics Seminar, Department of Bible and Theology, Trinity International University Divinity School, October 21.
  • 2003.  “Word Order in Biblical Hebrew.” Hebrew Linguistics Seminar, Department of Bible and Theology, Trinity International University Divinity School, October 14.
  • 2003.  “Word Order in Biblical Hebrew.” Advanced Hebrew Grammar Seminar, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 31.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Forthcoming. “Review of Ancient Place Names in the Holy Land: Preservation and History, byYoel Elitzur.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies.
  • 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. Edited by K. G. Friebel, D. R. Magary, and R. L. Troxel; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns.
  • 2003. “Adjusting Our Focus (review of Katsuomi Shimasaki, Focus Structure in Biblical Hebrew: A Study of Word Order and Information Structure).”  Hebrew Studies 44: 203-15.
  • 2003. “Habakkuk 3:16—Where Did the אשר Go?” Hebrew Studies 44: 129-38.