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Robin Routledge

BA (CNAA) MA (Cantab) PhD (Sheffield) Robin Routledge
Senior Lecturer & Academic Registrar

Robin gained his first degree in Mathematics from Churchill College, Cambridge, before training for the Baptist Ministry at Spurgeon's College in London. In 1980 Robin became pastor of Rotherham Baptist Church - serving there for over 25 years. Whilst in Rotherham, Robin completed a PhD in Biblical Studies at Sheffield University, on the subject of the Purpose of God in the Old Testament. He taught some Maths courses at a local Further Education College, and for several years was a visiting lecturer at Mattersey Hall, teaching Old Testament modules, before joining the full time faculty in 2006. He also teaches Old Testament courses on Masters' programmes in Prague (International Baptist Theological Seminary) and Brussels (Continental
Theological Seminary).

Robin contributed to the NIV Thematic Study Bible (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996/ Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999) and compiled the proper name entries for the NIV Comprehensive Concordance (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001). He has also written several articles, including, 'The Siege and Deliverance ofthe City Of David in Isaiah 29:1-8', Tyndale Bulletin 43.1 (1992), pp. 181-90; 'Hesed as Obligation: A Re-Examination', Tyndale Bulletin 46.1 (1996), pp. 179-96; 'An Evil Spirit From The Lord: Demonic Influence Or Divine Instrument', Evangelical Quarterly 70:1 (1998), pp. 3-22; 'Passover and Last Supper', Tyndale Bulletin 53.2 (2002), pp. 203-21; 'Guest or Gatecrasher: Questioning assumptions in a narrative approach to the Old Testament', Journal of European Baptist Studies 3.3 (2003), pp. 17-28; 'Is There a Narrative Substructure Underlying the Book of Isaiah', Tyndale Bulletin 55.2 (2004), pp. 183-204. He is author of Old Testament Theology: a Thematic Approach (IVP/Apollos, 2008) and is co-editor of a forthcoming book Bible and Mission (Neufeld Verlag, 2008) to which he has contributed a paper on ‘Mission and Covenant in the Old Testament’.

Robin is married to Ailsa, a primary school teacher, and they have two grown-up children, Philip and Rebekah - who are also teachers! His interests include reading historical novels, particularly those set during the Napoleonic wars - not least because Ailsa is related to the Duke of Wellington.

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