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.

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, "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

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(

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, 1958), the

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( B.D. and M.Th.) and

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( Th.D., 1969). Dumbrell had served on the faculty of

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, Macquarie University, Moore Theological College, the

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and Emmaus Bible College. In 2010, a ''

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'' was published in his honour, ''An Everlasting Covenant: Biblical and Theological Essays in Honour of William J. Dumbrell'' (), which included contributions from

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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, Dumbrell's work "has been crucial for shaping how Sydney Anglicans think about and preach from the Bible."

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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 {{Australia-academic-bio-stub