Olusayo Oladejo
Professor, Biblical Studies (Old Testament Language and Literature)
Deputy President Academics

CONTACT

ooladejo@nbts.edu.ng

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Old Testament Language and Literature, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
  • PhD, Old Testament Studies, University of Jos
  • MA, Old Testament Studies, University of Ibadan
  • MTh, Systematic Theology, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
  • BTh, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
  • BAEd, University of Ilorin

RESEARCH INTEREST

Old Testament Language and Literature, New Testament Studies, Biblical Theology, Biblical Hermeneutics, Biblical Archaeology

Rev. Olusayo B. Oladejo, PhD, is a Professor of Biblical Studies and the current Deputy President Academics of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso. He holds B.A.Ed in Christian Religious Studies (1988) from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He also has M.A. in Old Testament Studies (1999) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His BTh (1992) and MTh in Systematic Theology (1995) were in affiliation of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso with Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. His terminal degree of PhD in Old Testament Language and Literature (2007) was from the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, and from University of Jos (2013). He is married to Christiana Olutayo, a Deputy Director with the Federal Ministry of Education, and they are blessed with a set of twins, Oluwatobi and Oluwatoosin.

PUBLICATIONS

Life and Death in the Old Testament and Yoruba Worldview: Reading Ecclesiastes in an African Context. Deutschland: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012.
Concept of Salvation in the Old Testament and Yoruba Belief System. Deutschland: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013.
“Household Gods in Jewish Cosmology and the Challenges of Syncre-Fetish Practices Among Yoruba Christians,” International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 2 (12), 2015, 57-64.
“Translation and the Reciprocal Impacts of Yoruba Bible and Yoruba Culture,” International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 7 (1), 2016, 8050-8054.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

ACTEA, Nigerian Association for Biblical Studies, International Council for Higher Education [ICHE], Sacred Earth Ministry [SEM],
Society for Biblical Literature [SBL]