 Grosby's areas of research include the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the relation between religion and nationality, and Social and Political Philosophy.His articles have appeared in journals such as "Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft", History of Religions, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Archives Europeennes de Sociologie, and Nations and Nationalism.“Grosby asserts that the human tendency to form attachments to the image of the native land.