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Matthew moved to Adelaide in 2010 to take up the position of Principal at St Barnabas' Theological College. Prior to this he was an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (www.arc.gov.au) at Charles Sturt University (2006-2009) working in the area of Biblical Hebrew linguistics. His research interests include Biblical Hebrew linguistics, Old Testament, theology, and homiletics. His academic webpage www.bhgrammar.com is used by Hebrew specialists around the world.

Matthew is on the Board of Governors of St Peter’s College Boys School, the Australian Research Theological Foundation Incorporated, and Diocesan Council of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide.

Teaching

• THL105 Introduction to Old Testament Studies 
• THL304 The Pentateuch
• THL308 The Prophetic Literature
• THL202 Old Testament History and Narrative
• THL102 Hebrew 1
• THL241 Hebrew 2
• THL306 Hebrew 3
• THL411/511 Contemporary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation
• PhD and Honours Supervision

Research

• Biblical Hebrew linguistics (pragmatics, morphophonology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, corpus analysis)
• Functional-typological theories of language (Functional Discourse Grammar, Construction Grammar)
• Old Testament interpretation

Recent Publications

• Anstey, M.P. A New Way of Seeing: The (Un)Binding of Isaac et alia. Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Clinical Pastoral Education Conference, Hahndorf, SA, 25 September 2012.
• Anstey, M. P. Grammatical markers of narrative in Biblical Hebrew. Presented at University of Adelaide, Graduate Linguistics Seminar Program.
• Anstey, M. P. Towards a unified analysis of weqatal in Biblical Hebrew: A cosubordination analysis. Paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
• Anstey, M. P. “29th July: Proper 12 : Ephesians 3:14-21,” Expository Times 123 (9), 452-454.
• Anstey, M. P. “Sermon 15 – For the Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn Synod – Micah 6:1–8,” in ‘Better be a Good Sermon’: Preaching for Special Occasions and Contexts, K. Weller & A. Lee (eds), Brunswick East: Acorn Press, pp. 265-270.
• Anstey, M. P. “The Biblical Hebrew Qatal verb: A Functional Discourse Grammar analysis”, Linguistics 47 (4), 825–844.
• Anstey, M. P. “Functional Discourse Grammar – Multifunctional problems and constructional solutions”, Linguistics 46 (4), 831–859.
• Anstey, M. P. “Scriptural reminiscence and narrative gerontology: Jacob’s wrestling with the unknown (Genesis 32),” in Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life, E. MacKinlay (ed), Jessica Kingsley, pp. 106–117.
• Anstey, M. P. “Seeing Hagar the theologian: The interpretation of Genesis 16,” in “Into the world you love”: Encountering God in Everyday Life, G. Garrett (ed), Hindmarsh: ATF Press., pp. 17–35.
• Anstey, M. P. “Tree tigers and tree elephants: A constructional account of English nominal compounds,” in The English Clause: Structure and Function. In Honour J. Lachlan Mackenzie, M. Hannay & G. Steen (eds), Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 227–256.
• Anstey, M. P. “The grammatical-lexical cline in Tiberian Hebrew,” Journal of Semitic Studies 51 (1), 59–84.
• Anstey, M. P. & J. Lachlan Mackenzie (eds). Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar. (Functional Grammar Series 26.) Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Anstey, M. P. “Towards a typological presentation of Tiberian Hebrew,” Hebrew Studies 46, 71–128.