Robert Dobbie
The Reverend Robert Dobbie, UCC | |
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| Born | 3 December 1901[2] |
| Died | 2000,[4] Canada |
| Nationality | Scottish people |
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| Occupation(s) | Pastor, University Teacher |
| Years active | 1927-1974[5] (47 years) |
| Known for | Old Testament Exegesis |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | United Church of Canada (Congregational)[1] |
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| Title | The 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).[2]
Robert Dobbie was active in contributing to Old Testament scholarship. Wolfgang Roth was a student[6] at Dobbie in 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[7] of the Canadian section of the Society of Biblical Literature. Dobbie used to contribute to Old Testament scholarship through his writings which appeared in biblical journals like The Expository Times,[8] Vetus Testamentum[9], Canadian Journal of Theology,[10] Scottish Journal of Theology,[11] International Review of Missions.[12]
Dobbie last taught at Carleton University where he was Visiting Professor of Religion from 1969[13] onwards.
Hymns
[edit]Writings
[edit]- 1955, The Text of Hosea Ix 8[9]
- 1958, Sacrifice and Morality in the Old Testament[8]
- 1958, Jeremiah and the preacher[10]
- 1958, A Meditation on Jonah[14]
- 1959, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice[11]
- 1962, The Biblical Foundation of the Mission of the Church. I: The Old Testament[12]
Achievements
[edit]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.[3]
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ 100th Anniversary, Calumet Congregational Church, 1873, The Church, 1973. [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives, Hymnary, Robert Dobbie. [2]
- ^ a b Honorary Degrees Conferred by Senate of Victoria University in the University of Toronto 1970-1979. [3]
- ^ Victor Shepherd, On Fearing God, 2002
- ^ Harold Coward, Fifty Years of Religious Studies in Canada: A Personal Retrospective, Laurier University, Waterloo, 2014, p.14.[4]
- ^ W. M. W. Roth, Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament: A Form-Critical Study, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1965. [5]
- ^ Journal of Biblical Literature, Volumes 78-79, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1959, p.374. [6]
- ^ a b 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. [7]
- ^ a b Robert Dobbie, The Text of Hosea Ix 8, Vetus Testamentum, 1955, Vol.5(1), pp.199-203. [8]
- ^ a b Robert Dobbie, Jeremiah and the preacher, Canadian Journal of Theology, 4.1 (January 1958), pp. 37-45. [9]
- ^ a b Robert Dobbie, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice, Scottish Journal of Theology, 1959, Vol.12(1), pp.68-82. [10]
- ^ a b 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). [11]
- ^ The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, 20 June 1969, p.13
- ^ Robert Dobbie, A Meditation on Jonah, Canadian Journal of Theology 4.3 (July 1958), pp. 195-199. [12]
- Further reading
- Victor Shepherd (2002). "On Fearing God".
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