Julia M. O'Brien is Paul H. and Grace L. Stern Professor of Old Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA. She earned her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Duke University where her areas of study included the history and archeology of the Old Testament, as well as Judaism and Literary Criticism. O'Brien specializes in the prophetic literature of the Old Testament and is author of a commentary on Nahum through Malachi in the Abingdon Old Testament Commentary series.
