O. Palmer Robertson
O. Palmer Robertson is Director and Principal of African Bible University in Uganda and Professor Emeritus at Knox Theological Seminary, where he taught for many years. A Reformed covenant theologian, his book The Christ of the Covenants has shaped a generation of pastors' understanding of the unity of Scripture across both testaments. He has also written widely on prophetic literature, Israel and the church, and the wisdom books.
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Who is O. Palmer Robertson?
O. Palmer Robertson (born 1937) is an American Reformed theologian and Old Testament scholar who taught at Reformed, Westminster, Covenant, and Knox seminaries and spent 27 years in Africa, including as director and principal of African Bible University in Uganda. He returned to the United States in 2019 and founded Consummation Ministries, where he continues to write.
What is O. Palmer Robertson known for?
He is best known for The Christ of the Covenants (1980), which traces the unity of God's covenants from creation to Christ and has shaped generations of pastors' covenant theology. Other works include The Israel of God, The Christ of the Prophets, and The Flow of the Psalms.
What is O. Palmer Robertson's view on Israel and the church?
Robertson argues in The Israel of God that the church is the continuation and fulfillment of God's covenant people rather than a parenthesis in God's plan for ethnic Israel. His covenantal reading stands in deliberate contrast to dispensationalist frameworks that keep Israel and the church on separate tracks.
Is O. Palmer Robertson still writing?
Yes. Through Consummation Ministries he has continued producing a multi-volume New Testament biblical theology, Christ of the Consummation, written from a redemptive-historical perspective.