John Joseph^[1]Collins (born 1946,County Tipperary) is anIrish-born Americanbiblical scholar, the Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation atYale Divinity School. He is noted for his research in theHebrew Bible, as well as theapocryphal works of theSecond Temple period including the sectarian works found inDead Sea Scrolls and their relation toChristian origins.^[2] Collins has published and edited over 300 scholarly works, and a number of popular level articles and books.^[3] Among his best known works are theBetween Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora (New York: Crossroad, 1983);Daniel in the Hermeneia commentary series (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993);The Scepter and the Star. The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature (New York: Doubleday, 1995); andThe Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2005).

Collins was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and attended high school in a boarding school (Rockwell College) run by theHoly Ghost Fathers in Cashel, Tipperary. After high school he joined the Holy Ghost Fathers and spent nine years with the order.^[4] He was educated atUniversity College Dublin (BA,MA) andHarvard University (PhD). He has held academic positions at a number of institutions, including theUniversity of Notre Dame (1985–91),Harvard University and theUniversity of Chicago (1991–2000). He served as president of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research (1995–96), of theCatholic Biblical Association of America (1996–97), and of theSociety of Biblical Literature (2002), and as regional president for the New England and Eastern Canada region of the Society of Biblical Literature (2008). He has also served as editor in chief ofDead Sea Discoveries,Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism and theJournal of Biblical Literature.^[3] He became the General Editor for theAnchor Yale Bible Series in 2008.^[5][3]

Collins is married toAdela Yarbro Collins, who served as the Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School from 2000 till 2019, with whom he has co-authoredKing and Messiah as Son of God (Grand Rapids:Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008).

• Collins, John J. (1983).Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora. New York: Crossroad.
• ——— (1984).The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. New York: Crossroad.
• ——— (1995).The Scepter and the Star. The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature. New York: Doubleday.
• ——— (1998).The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
• ——— (2004).Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.ISBN 978-1-5064-4598-4.
• ——— (2005).Encounters with Biblical Theology. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.ISBN 0-8006-3769-0.Description.
• ——— (2009).Beyond the Qumran Community. The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
• ———; Harlow, Daniel C., eds. (2010).The Dictionary of Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-8028-2549-0.
• ——— (2010).The Scepter and the Star. The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Literature.Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library (2nd ed.). New York: Doubleday.ISBN 978-0-385-47457-3.
• ——— (2012).The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography. Princeton: Princeton University Press.^[6]
• ——— (2013).Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview (2nd revised ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-8028-6922-7.
• ——— (2014).A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (2nd revised ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.ISBN 978-1-4514-7294-3.
• ——— (2016).The Apocalyptic Imagination (2nd revised ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-8028-7279-1.
• ——— (2017).The Invention of Judaism: Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul. University of California Press.ISBN 978-0-520-29412-7.

• Faculty Page at Yale Divinity School
• The CV of John J. Collins hosted by Yale

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