Robert Dobbie
| Robert Dobbie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 3, 1901[1] Dundee, Scotland[1] |
| Died | 2000 |
| Education |
Glasgow University, B. A. (1927), B. D., (1927) |
| Church | Congregational[2] |
Congregations served |
Dunfermline, 1927-1936 Cambusland, 1936-1941 Ardroffan, 1941-1946[1] |
Offices held |
Lecturer, Glasgow University (1946-1947) Lecturer, St. Andrew's University (1947-1955) Professor, Emmanuel College (1955-1969) Professor, Carleton University(1969-1974)[1] |
| Title | Reverend Doctor |
Robert Dobbie (1901-2000) was a Pastor hailing from Dundee, Scotland who taught Old Testament at the Universities of Glasgow (1946-1947), St. Andrews (1947-1955), Toronto (1955-1969) and at Carleton (1969-1974).[1]
Robert Dobbie was active in contributing to Old Testament scholarship. Wolfgang Roth was a student[3] of Dobbie at Toronto. Dobbie also used to compose hymns.
Dobbie was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and was at one time elected as Vice-President[4] of the Canadian section of Society of Biblical Literature. Dobbie used to contribute to Old Testament scholarship through his writings which appeared in biblical journals like The Expository Times,[5] Vetus Testamentum[6], Canadian Journal of Theology,[7] Scottish Journal of Theology,[8] International Review of Missions.[9]
Dobbie last taught at the Carleton University where he was Visiting Professor of Religion from 1969[10] onwards.
Hymns
Writings
- 1955, The Text of Hosea Ix 8[6]
- 1958, Sacrifice and Morality in the Old Testament[5]
- 1958, Jeremiah and the preacher[7]
- 1958, A Meditation on Jonah[11]
- 1959, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice[8]
- 1962, The Biblical Foundation of the Mission of the Church. I: The Old Testament[9]
Achievements
The Senate of the Victoria University in the University of Toronto conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Honoris Causa upon Dobbie in 1979.[12]
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives, Hymnary, Robert Dobbie.
- ↑ 100th Anniversary, Calumet Congregational Church, 1873, The Church, 1973.
- ↑ W. M. W. Roth, Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament: A Form-Critical Study, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1965.
- ↑ Journal of Biblical Literature, Volumes 78-79, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1959, p.374.
- 1 2 Robert Dobbie, Sacrifice and Morality in the Old Testament, The Expository Times 70, 1958-1959, pp.297-300. Cited in Cyril S. Rodd, Glimpses of a Strange Land: Studies in Old Testament Ethics, T&T Clark, London, 2001, p.342.
- 1 2 Robert Dobbie, The Text of Hosea Ix 8, Vetus Testamentum, 1955, Vol.5(1), pp.199-203.
- 1 2 Robert Dobbie, Jeremiah and the preacher, Canadian Journal of Theology, 4.1 (January 1958), pp. 37-45.
- 1 2 Robert Dobbie, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice, Scottish Journal of Theology, 1959, Vol.12(1), pp.68-82.
- 1 2 Robert Dobbie, The Biblical Foundation of the Mission of the Church. I: The Old Testament, International Review of Missions 51, 1962, pp.196-205. Cited in Walter C. Jr. Kaiser, Mission in the Old Testament: Israel as a Light to the Nations, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, 2012 (Second Edition).
- ↑ The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, June 20, 1969, p.13
- ↑ Robert Dobbie, A Meditation on Jonah, Canadian Journal of Theology 4.3 (July 1958), pp. 195-199.
- ↑ Honorary Degrees Conferred by Senate of Victoria University in the University of Toronto 1970-1979.
- Further reading
- Victor Shepherd (2002). "On Fearing God".