Robert Dobbie Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Reverend
Robert Dobbie, UCC
Honorific Suffix:Doctor of Divinity by Honoris Causa
(Victoria University in the University of Toronto)[1]
Nationality:Scottish people
Birth Date:1901 12, df=yes[2]
Birth Place:Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death Date:2000,[3] Canada
Years Active:1927-1974[4] (47 years)
Occupation:Pastor, University Teacher
Education:
Alma Mater:
Known For:Old Testament Exegesis
Religion:Christianity
Church:United Church of Canada (Congregational)[5]
Congregations:
Offices Held:
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, Vetus Testamentum, Canadian Journal of Theology, Scottish Journal of Theology, International Review of Missions.

Dobbie last taught at Carleton University where he was Visiting Professor of Religion from 1969[8] onwards.

Hymns

Writings

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.[15]

References

Notes
  • Further reading

    • Notes and References

    1. Honorary Degrees Conferred by Senate of Victoria University in the University of Toronto 1970-1979. http://www.vicu.utoronto.ca/about/Senate/honorarydegrees/1970s.htm
    2. Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives, Hymnary, Robert Dobbie. http://www.hymnary.org/person/Dobbie_R1?tab=texts
    3. http://victorshepherd.ca/on-fearing-god/ 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=eN3PBQAAQBAJ&dq=robert+dobbie+carleton+university&pg=PA34
    5. 100th Anniversary, Calumet Congregational Church, 1873, The Church, 1973. https://books.google.com/books?id=biziAAAAMAAJ&q=dobbie
    6. W. M. W. Roth, Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament: A Form-Critical Study, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1965. https://books.google.com/books?id=SKg3AAAAIAAJ&dq=w.m.w.roth+victoria+university&pg=PP15
    7. Journal of Biblical Literature, Volumes 78-79, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1959, p.374. https://books.google.com/books?id=OX8TAAAAIAAJ&q=dobbie
    8. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46242319/ The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, 20 June 1969, p.13
    9. Robert Dobbie, The Text of Hosea Ix 8, Vetus Testamentum, 1955, Vol.5(1), pp.199-203. http://ucl-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=TN_brilljournal10.1163%2f156853355X00171&indx=10&recIds=TN_brilljournal10.1163%2f156853355X00171&recIdxs=9&elementId=9&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=2&dscnt=0&onCampus=false&query=any%2Ccontains%2Crobert+dobbie&scp.scps=scope%3A%28UCL%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&tab=local&dstmp=1441728924235&dym=true&highlight=true&vl%282235343UI0%29=any&search_scope=CSCOP_UCL&displayField=title&bulkSize=10&vl%28freeText0%29=robert%20dobbie&vid=UCL_VU1&institution=UCL&gathStatIcon=true
    10. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=UvjCgYtcmMgC&dq=Robert+Dobbie+old+testament&pg=PA342
    11. Robert Dobbie, Jeremiah and the preacher, Canadian Journal of Theology, 4.1 (January 1958), pp. 37-45. http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/articles_canadian-journal.php
    12. Robert Dobbie, A Meditation on Jonah, Canadian Journal of Theology 4.3 (July 1958), pp. 195-199. http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/articles_canadian-journal.php
    13. Robert Dobbie, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice, Scottish Journal of Theology, 1959, Vol.12(1), pp.68-82. http://ucl-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=TN_cambridgeS0036930600009728&indx=6&recIds=TN_cambridgeS0036930600009728&recIdxs=5&elementId=5&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=12&dscnt=0&onCampus=false&query=any%2Ccontains%2Crobert+dobbie&scp.scps=scope%3A%28UCL%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&tab=local&dstmp=1441728827157&dym=true&highlight=true&vl%282235343UI0%29=any&search_scope=CSCOP_UCL&displayField=title&bulkSize=10&vl%28freeText0%29=robert%20dobbie&vid=UCL_VU1&institution=UCL
    14. 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). https://books.google.com/books?id=tUk2lHy1_o0C&dq=Robert+Dobbie+old+testament&pg=PT124
    15. Honorary Degrees Conferred by Senate of Victoria University in the University of Toronto 1970-1979. http://www.vicu.utoronto.ca/about/Senate/honorarydegrees/1970s.htm

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