DODS, MARCUS (1834-1909), Scottish divine and biblical scholar, was born at Belford, Northumberland, on April 1I, He studied at Edinburgh and was licensed in 1858. In 1864 he became minister of Renfield Free Church, Glasgow, where he worked for 25 years and in 1889 was appointed professor of New Testament exegesis in New college, Edinburgh, of which he be came principal on the death of Dr. Rainy in 1907. He died in Edinburgh on April 26, 1909. His views on inspiration brought on him a charge of unorthodoxy which was preferred against him by the General Assembly in 189o, a year after his election to the professorship; the charge was soon dropped by a large majority, and in 1891 he received the honorary degree of D.D. from Edin burgh university. He edited Lange's Life of Christ in English (Edinburgh, 1864, 6 vols.), Augustine's works (1872-76), and, with Dr. Alexander Whyte, Clark's "Handbooks for Bible Classes" series. In the Expositor's Bible series he edited Genesis and I Corinthians, and he was also a contributor to the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible.