Robert Harry Smith | |
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| Born | Robert Harry Smith October 30, 1932 |
| Died | March 16, 2006 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | A.A. Concordia Junior College, Bronxville, New York B.A., M.Div., S.T.M., Th.D. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Spouse(s) | Emita M. Rivas (m. 1955–her death), Rev. Donna Duensing
(m. 1993–2006) |
| Children | Roberta, Judith, Maria |
Robert Harry Smith (October 30, 1932 - March 16, 2006) was a Lutheran clergyman, theologian, prolific author and lecturer on the Bible's New Testament, and dean of a Lutheran seminary in exile in the early 1980s. Smith was one of 40 faculty members from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod's Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri who walked out in 1974 in a theological dispute that ended with the ousting of Concordia's president, John Tietjen, who disagreed with a literal reading of the Bible.