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).
Robert Dobbie was active in contributing to Old Testament scholarship. Wolfgang Roth was a studentW. M. W. Roth, Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament: A Form-Critical Study, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1965. 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-PresidentJournal of Biblical Literature, Volumes 78-79, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1959, p.374. 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 1969The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, 20 June 1969, p.13 onwards.
Hymns Eternal Father, Lord of space and time Eternal God, we consecrate these children
Writings 1955, The Text of Hosea Ix 8Robert Dobbie, The Text of Hosea Ix 8, Vetus Testamentum, 1955, Vol.5(1), pp.199-203. 1958, Sacrifice and Morality in the Old TestamentRobert 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. 1958, Jeremiah and the preacherRobert Dobbie, Jeremiah and the preacher, Canadian Journal of Theology, 4.1 (January 1958), pp. 37-45. 1958, A Meditation on JonahRobert Dobbie, A Meditation on Jonah, Canadian Journal of Theology 4.3 (July 1958), pp. 195-199. 1959, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrificeRobert Dobbie, Deuteronomy and the prophetic attitude to sacrifice, Scottish Journal of Theology, 1959, Vol.12(1), pp.68-82. 1962, The Biblical Foundation of the Mission of the Church. I: The Old TestamentRobert 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).
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.Honorary Degrees Conferred by Senate of Victoria University in the University of Toronto 1970-1979.
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