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Books (in Chronological Order):

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, A Synoptic Concordance to Hosea, Amos, Micah, Volume VI of the Computer Bible, (Wooster: Biblical Research Associates, 1974), xx + 329 pages.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, Eight Minor Prophets: A Linguistic Concordance, Volume X of the Computer Bible, (Wooster: Biblical Research Associates, 1976), xii + 612 pages.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, A Linguistic Concordance of Ruth and Jonah: Hebrew Vocabulary and Idiom, Volume XI of the Computer Bible, (Wooster: Biblical Research Associates, 1976), viii + 197 pages.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, A Linguistic Concordance of Jeremiah: Hebrew Vocabulary and Idiom, Volume XIV of the Computer Bible, (Wooster: Biblical Research Associates, 1978), xiv + 1390 pages.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, Spelling in the Hebrew Bible, (Rome: The Pontifical Biblical Institute Press, 1986), xxii + 379 pages.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, The Vocabulary of the Old Testament, (Rome: The Pontifical Biblical Institute Press, 1989 [second printing: 1992]), xiii + 721 pages. 

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance to Psalms, Job, and Proverbs, Volume XXXIV of the Computer Bible, (Wooster: Biblical Research Associates, 1992), viii + 816 pages.

Freedman, D. N., A. D. Forbes, and F. I. Andersen, Studies in Hebrew and Aramaic Orthography, Volume 2 of Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego, edited by William Henry Propp, (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1992), xi + 328 pages.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance to the Pentateuch, Volume XXXVa/b of the Computer Bible, (Lewiston, NY: Mellen Biblical Press, 1995), viii + 1708 pages (published as a six volume set).

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, Biblical Hebrew Grammar Visualized, (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2012), xviii+394.


Chapters and Articles (in Chronological Order):

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Prose Particle Counts of the Hebrew Bible,” in C. Meyers and M. O'Connor (editors), The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday, (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns and American Schools for Oriental Research, 1983), 165– 83. 

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Orthography and Text Transmission,” TEXT 2, 1985: 25– 53.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Problems in Taxonomy and Lemmatization,” in Proceedings of the First International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer – The Text, (Paris-Geneva: Champion-Slatkine, 1986), 37– 50.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Methods and Tools for the Study of Old Testament Syntax,” in Proceedings of the Second International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer – Methods, Tools, Results, (Paris-Geneva: Champion-Slatkine, 1989), 61– 72.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “On Marking Clause Boundaries,” in Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer – Methods, Tools, Results, (Paris-Geneva: Champion-Slatkine, 1992), 181– 202.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Opportune Parsing: Clause Analysis of Deuteronomy 8,” in Proceedings of the Fourth International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer – Desk & Discipline, (Paris: Editions Honore Champion, 1995), 49– 75.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Syntactic Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible,” in Proceedings of the Fourth International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer –  Desk & Discipline, (Paris: Editions Honore Champion, 1995), 356– 367.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Towards a Clause-Type Concordance of TNK,” in Proceedings of the Fifth International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer –  Translation, (Paris: Editions Honore Champion, 1998), 41– 70.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Approximate Graph-Matching as an Enabler of Example-Based Translation,” in Proceedings of the Fifth International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer– Translation, (Paris: Editions Honore Champion, 1998), 285– 314.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “What Kind of Taxonomy is Best for Feeding into Computer-Assisted Research into the Syntax of a Natural Language,” in Proceedings of the Sixth International Colloquium: From Alpha to Byte, (Leiden: Brill, 2002), 23– 42.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Attachment Preferences in the Primary History,” in Proceedings of the Sixth International Colloquium: From Alpha to Byte, (Leiden: Brill, 2002), 167– 86.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “Hebrew Grammar Visualised: I. Syntax,” ANES XL, 2003: 43– 61.

Andersen, F. I., and A. D. Forbes, “The Participle in Biblical Hebrew and the Overlap of Grammar and Lexicon,” in Malena, S., and D. Miano (eds.), Milk and Honey: Essays on Ancient Israel and the Bible in Appreciation of the Judaic Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego, (Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2007), 185– 212.

Andersen, F. I. and A. D. Forbes, “Matres Lectionis: Biblical Hebrew.” In G. Khan (ed.), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, vol. II, (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 607-11.

Forbes, A. D., and F. I. Andersen, "Dwelling on Spelling." In C. Miller-Naudé and Z. Zevit (eds.), Diachrony in Biblical Hebrew, (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012), 127-45.

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Forbes, A. D., “Syntactic Sequences in the Hebrew Bible,” in E. G. Newing and E. W. Conrad (editors), Perspectives on Language and Text: Essays and Poems in Honor of Francis Ian Andersen on His Sixtieth Birthday, (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1987), 59– 70.

Forbes, A. D., “Statistical Research on the Bible,” in David Noel Freedman (ed), The Anchor Dictionary of the Bible, (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1992), VI: 185-206.

Forbes, A. D., “A Critique of Statistical Approaches to the Isaiah Authorship Problem,” in Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium: Bible and the Computer – Methods, Tools, Results, (Paris-Geneva: Champion-Slatkine, 1992), 531– 545.

Forbes, A. D., “Shards, Strophes, and Stats,” in Beck, A. et al. (editors), Fortunate the Eyes that See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday, (Grand Rapids: Academie Publ. Co., 1995), 310– 21.

Forbes, A. D., “Squishes, Clines, and Fuzzy Signs: Mixed and Gradient Categories in the Biblical Hebrew Lexicon,” in Forbes, A. D., and D. G. K. Taylor (eds.), Foundations for Syriac Lexicography I, (Piscataway, N. J.: Gorgias, 2005), 105– 39.

Forbes, A. D., "Empirical Taxonomy and the Hebrew Bible," in Shawna Dolansky (ed.), Sacred History, Sacred Literature: Essays on Ancient Israel, the Bible, and Religion in Honor of R. E. Friedman on His Sixtieth Birthday, (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008), 61-71.

Forbes, A. D., "Distributionally-Inferred Word and Form Classes in the Hebrew Lexicon," in Peter Williams (ed.), Foundations for Syriac Lexicography II, (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2009), 1-34.

Forbes, A. D., "How Syntactic Formalisms Can Advance the Lexicographer's Art." In Janet Dyk and Wido van Peursen (eds.), Foundations for Syriac Lexicography III, (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2009), 139-160.

Forbes, A. D., "The Challenge of Consistency." In Luis Vegas Montaner et al. (eds.), Computer Assisted Research in the 21st Century, (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2010), 111-126.
 
Forbes, A. D., "The Diachrony Debate: Perspectives from Pattern Recognition and Meta-Analysis," Hebrew Studies, LIII, 2012: 7-42.

Forbes, A. D. “Collocation: Biblical Hebrew.” In G. Khan (ed.), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, vol. I, (Leiden: Brill, 2013),  480-83.

Forbes, A. D., “A Tale of Two Sitters and a Crazy Blue Jay.” In Richard A. Taylor and Craig E. Morrison (eds.), Reflections on Lexicography: Explorations in Ancient Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek Sources, (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2014), 235-56. [Historical review of the Andersen-Forbes collaboration.]

Forbes, A. D. “The Proper Role of Valency in Biblical Hebrew Studies.” Pages 95-112 in T. M. Lewis, A. G. Salvesen, and B. Turner (eds.), Contemporary Examinations of Classical Languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Greek): Valency, Lexicography, Grammar, and Manuscripts. Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages 8. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2016.

Forbes, A. D. “On Dating Biblical Hebrew Texts: Sources of Uncertainty/Analytic Options.” Pages 297-330 in T. Li and K. Dyer (eds.), From Ancient Manuscripts to Modern Dictionaries. Select Studies in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages 9. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2016.  
 

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