| Leslie C. Allen | |
| Occupation: | Senior Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary |
| Discipline: | Biblical studies |
| Sub Discipline: | Old Testament studies |
| Education: | University of Cambridge |
| Alma Mater: | University of London (Ph.D.)(D.D.) |
| Main Interests: | Prophets, Psalms, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Lamentations |
| Workplaces: | Fuller Theological Seminary |
| Notable Works: | The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah (NICOT) |
| Website: | http://fuller.edu/faculty/lallen/ |
Leslie C. Allen is an Old Testament scholar. He is Senior Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of Theology, where he teaches in the Hebrew Prophets, OT 'Writings' and OT Exegesis in Lamentations and Psalms. He is the author of a number of scholarly books, most notably the commentary on the books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series. Also numbers of scholarly journals, biblical encyclopedias and academic religious periodicals have included articles by Allen.
Allen earned his B.A. at University of Cambridge. He has also earned a PhD. and D.D. from University of London.
Allen has written a number of well-received and scholarly commentaries particularly on Jeremiah in the Old Testament Library, Psalms and Ezekiel volumes in the Word Biblical Commentary and The New Interpreter’s Bible article on Chronicles.
He remains involved with the specialist associations such as the Society for Old Testament Study, the Tyndale Fellowship, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the Society of Biblical Literature.
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