Old Testament
Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables of Luke
Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables of Luke. Grand Rapids, Mich: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1983.
Omne Verbum Sonat: The New Testament and the Oral Environment of Late Western Antiquity
"Omne Verbum Sonat: The New Testament and the Oral Environment of Late Western Antiquity." Journal of Biblical Literature 109, no. 1 (1990): 3-27.
The Literary Guide to the Bible
The Literary Guide to the Bible, Edited by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987.
'Inverted Parallelisms' and 'Encased Parables' in Isaiah and Their Significance for OT and NT Translation and Interpretation
"'Inverted Parallelisms' and 'Encased Parables' in Isaiah and Their Significance for OT and NT Translation and Interpretation." In Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in the Hebrew Bible, edited by Lénart J. de Regt, Jan De Waard and Jan P. Fokkelman, 14-30. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1996.
Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis
Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1981.
Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon
"Poetic Diction and Parallel Word Pairs in the Book of Mormon." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 2 (1995): 15-81.
Criteria for Identifying and Evaluating the Presence of Chiasmus
"Criteria for Identifying and Evaluating the Presence of Chiasmus." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 2 (1995): 1-14.
Reprinted in J. Welch & D. McKinlay, eds., Chiasmus Bibliography (Provo: FARMS Research Press, 1999), 157-174