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Ellipsis

• A Linguistic Approach to Ellipsis in Biblical Poetry (Or, What To Do When Exegesis of What Is There Depends on What Isn’t) - by Cynthia L. Miller, Bulletin for Biblical Research 13.2 (2003) 251–270

Idioms and Colloquialisms

• Affirmation by Exclamatory Negation - by Godfrey Rolles Driver, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 5 (1973) 107–114

Metaphors

• Lexicography and Cognitive Linguistics: Hebrew Metaphors from a Cognitive Perspective - by Reinier de Blois, DavarLogos 3.2 (2004) 97–116

Miscellaneous Articles and Essays

• Confused Language as a Deliberate Literary Device in Biblical Hebrew Narrative - by Gary A. Rendsburg, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 2 (1999)
• "Reference Time" in Some Biblical Temporal Constructions - by C. H. J. van der Merwe, Biblica 78 (1997); abstract
• The Breakup of Stereotypes Phrases: Some New Examples - by Mitchell Dahood, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 5 (1973) 83–89
• The Parallelism of Greater Precision: Notes from Isaiah 40 for a Theory of Hebrew Poetry - by David J. A. Clines, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967–1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 314–36
• X, X ben Y, ben Y: Personal Names in Hebrew Narrative Style - by David J. A. Clines, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967–1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 240–62

Rhetorical Questions

• Two Types of Argumentation Involving Rhetorical Questions in Biblical Hebrew Dialogue - by A. Moshavi, Biblica 90 (2009) 32–46

Book Reviews

• Aitken, J. K., The Semantics of Blessing and Cursing in Ancient Hebrew (Peeters, 2007) - reviewed by Yael Avrahami, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Berlin, Adele, The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism (Eerdmans, 2008) - reviewed by Allan Rosengren, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Gan, Jonathan, The Metaphor of Shepherd in the Hebrew Bible: A Historical-Literary Reading (University Press of America, 2007) - reviewed by Claudia D. Bergmann, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Staubli, Thomas and Silvia Schroer, Body Symbolism in the Bible.Trans. Linda M. Maloney. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2001. - reviewed by Mayer I. Gruber, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures