He is the author of Metaphors of Genres: The Role of Analogies in Genre Theories (Penn State University Press 1993), Like a Rainfall: Studies on Poetic Simile (The Magness Pres 1996) (in Hebrew) and Samson's Locks: The Transformations of Biblical Samson (Haifa University Press 2000) (in Hebrew). He has also published numerous articles on genre theory, figurative language, the Bible in modern literature and Eighteenth Century literature.