The Reverend

Robert Dobbie, UCC

Doctor of Divinity by Honoris Causa
(Victoria University in the University of Toronto)[1]
Born(1901-12-03)3 December 1901[2]
Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom)[2]
Died2000,[3] Canada
NationalityScottish people
Education
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Pastor, University Teacher
Years active1927-1974[4] (47 years)
Known forOld Testament Exegesis
ReligionChristianity
ChurchUnited Church of Canada (Congregational)[5]
Congregations served
Offices held
TitleThe 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

  • Eternal Father, Lord of space and time[2]
  • Eternal God, we consecrate these children[2]

Writings

  • 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

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.[1]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Honorary Degrees Conferred by Senate of Victoria University in the University of Toronto 1970-1979.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives, Hymnary, Robert Dobbie.
  3. ↑ Victor Shepherd, On Fearing God, 2002.
  4. ↑ Harold Coward, Fifty Years of Religious Studies in Canada: A Personal Retrospective, Laurier University, Waterloo, 2014, p.14.
  5. ↑ 100th Anniversary, Calumet Congregational Church, 1873, The Church, 1973.
  6. ↑ W. M. W. Roth, Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament: A Form-Critical Study, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1965.
  7. ↑ Journal of Biblical Literature, Volumes 78-79, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1959, p.374.
  8. 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.
  9. 1 2 Robert Dobbie, The Text of Hosea Ix 8, Vetus Testamentum, 1955, Vol.5(1), pp.199-203.
  10. 1 2 Robert Dobbie, Jeremiah and the preacher, Canadian Journal of Theology, 4.1 (January 1958), pp. 37-45.
  11. 1 2 Robert Dobbie, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice, Scottish Journal of Theology, 1959, Vol.12(1), pp.68-82.
  12. 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).
  13. ↑ The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, 20 June 1969, p.13
  14. ↑ Robert Dobbie, A Meditation on Jonah, Canadian Journal of Theology 4.3 (July 1958), pp. 195-199.
Further reading
  • Victor Shepherd (2002). "On Fearing God". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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