American Baptist Seminary of the West
Professor of Old Testament
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1994

M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University
M.Div., Bethel Theological Seminary
B.A. University of Minnesota

Phone: 510/841-1905 ext. 236
E-mail: lflesher@absw.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Wisdom Literature
• Biblical Laments
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Psalms
• Hermeneutics/Global Perspective
• Protest Literature of the Bible

Selected Publications

• "Job," IVP Women's Bible Commentary, Downers Grove: IVP, 2001.
• "Lamentations," IVP Women's Bible Commentary, Downers Grove: IVP, 2001.
• "Mercy Triumphs over Judgment: James as Social Gospel," The Living Pulpit, June 2006.
• Left Behind? Facts Behind the Fiction. Valley Forge: Judson, 2006.
• "A Time to Weep - A Time to Laugh," Interpretation, September 2006.
• "The Use of Female Imagery and Lamentation in the Book of Judith," Seeking the Favor of God: The Development and Impact of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism, Society of Biblical Literature Early Judaism and Its Literature; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.