William John Dumbrell (1926 – 1 October 2016) was an Australian
biblical scholar.
Dumbrell was
converted in 1951, and studied at
Moore Theological College before being ordained as priest in the Anglican church in February 1957.
Glenn Davies
Glenn Naunton Davies (born 1950) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop. Since August 2022 he has served as bishop of the Diocese of the Southern Cross, an Anglican diocese set up outside of the Anglican Church of Australia. He previously serv ...
, "William John Dumbrell: An Appreciation" in Gregory R. Goswell and Allan M. Harman (eds.) ''Covenant and Kingdom: A Collection of Old Testament Essays by William J. Dumbrell'' ( Reformed Theological Review Supplement Series #2, July 2007), v-ix. He undertook further studies at the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's ...
(
M.A.
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, 1958), the
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...
(
B.D. and
M.Th.) and
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
(
Th.D.
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, 1969).
Dumbrell had served on the faculty of
Regent College
Regent College is an interdenominational evangelical Christian College of Christian studies, and an affiliated college of the University of British Columbia, located next to the university's campus in the University Endowment Lands west of V ...
,
Macquarie University,
Moore Theological College, the
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's ...
,
Trinity Theological College, Singapore
Trinity Theological College (TTC), Singapore, was founded in 1948 as a union college between Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians for theological training. The Lutherans joined the union in 1963.
Academic programmes are offered in both Englis ...
and
Emmaus Bible College.
In 2010, a ''
Festschrift
In academia, a ''Festschrift'' (; plural, ''Festschriften'' ) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It generally takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the h ...
'' was published in his honour, ''An Everlasting Covenant: Biblical and Theological Essays in Honour of William J. Dumbrell'' (), which included contributions from
Bruce Waltke
Bruce K. Waltke (born August 30, 1930) is an American Reformed evangelical professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. He has held professorships in the Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wes ...
and
Allan Harman
Allan Macdonald Harman, (born 7 June 1936)Douglas J. W. Milne (ed.), ''Israel and the Church: Essays in Honour of Allan Macdonald Harman'' (2001). is an Australian Presbyterian theologian and Old Testament scholar. He has been described as a " ...
. He died in Sydney on 1 October 2016.
Michael Jensen suggests that, along with that of
Donald Robinson and
Graeme Goldsworthy
Graeme Goldsworthy (born 7 September 1934) is an Australian evangelical Anglican theologian specialising in the Old Testament and biblical theology. His most significant work is a trilogy: ''Gospel and Kingdom'', ''Gospel and Wisdom'', and ''The ...
, Dumbrell's work "has been crucial for shaping how Sydney Anglicans think about and preach from the Bible."
References
1926 births
2016 deaths
Harvard Divinity School alumni
Macquarie University faculty
Moore Theological College faculty
University of Sydney faculty
Moore Theological College alumni
University of Sydney alumni
Alumni of the University of London
Australian Anglican priests
Australian biblical scholars
Old Testament scholars
Anglican biblical scholars
Australian expatriates in the United States
Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom
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