Owen Palmer Robertson (born August 31, 1937 in

Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at t ...

) is an American Christian theologian and biblical scholar. He taught at

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, Knox Theological Seminary as well as at the African Bible Colleges of Malawi and Uganda. He also served as principal of the latter institution. Robertson was the first elected male SGA president of Belhaven College (now

Belhaven University Belhaven University (Belhaven or BU) is a private evangelical Christian university in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1883, the university offers traditional majors, programs of general studies, and pre-professional programs in Christian Minis ...

) in 1957. Robertson is perhaps best known for his book ''The Christ of the Covenants''. His definition of a

biblical covenant The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants ( he, בְּרִיתוֹת) with God (YHWH). These include the Noahic Covenant (in Genesis), which is between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants ...

being "a bond in blood, sovereignly administered" has been widely discussed. Robertson lives in Winston Salem, North Carolina with his wife, Joanna, where he is writing and working as head of Consummation Ministries. In 2008, a ''

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'' was published in his honor. ''The Hope Fulfilled: Essays in Honor of O. Palmer Robertson'' () included contributions by

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 ...

, Richard Gaffin,

George W. Knight III George William Knight III (December 16, 1931 – October 11, 2021) was an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He was a theologian, author, preacher, churchman, and adjunct professor of New Testament at Greenville Presbyterian T ...

, Simon J. Kistemaker, Robert L. Reymond, and Morton H. Smith.

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