C. John Collins | |
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 Collins at the 2013 meeting of the North-East ETS | |
| Born | Clifford John Collins 1954 (age 71–72) |
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| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS,MS) Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary (MDiv) University of Liverpool (PhD) |
| Thesis | Homonymous Verbs in Biblical Hebrew (1988) |
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| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Institutions | Covenant Theological Seminary |
Clifford[1]John "Jack" Collins (born 1954)[2] is an engineer and professor of Old Testament atCovenant Theological Seminary,[3] where he has served since 1993.[4]
Collins graduated from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with aBachelor of Science (B.S.) and aMaster of Science (M.S.) incomputer science andsystems engineering. He then earned aMaster of Divinity (M.Div.) fromFaith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary and aPh.D. in Biblical Hebrew linguistics from the School of Archaeology and Oriental Studies at theUniversity of Liverpool.[5]
Collins was Old Testament Chairman for theESV Study Bible, served as ESV Text Editor for The English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament (Crossway, 2006), and is Old Testament Editor of the English Standard Version Study Bible.[6]
He has published numerous articles in technical journals, as well as The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis. In 2000 his book on the theological and exegetical aspects of divine action, entitledThe God of Miracles, was published by Crossway. It was also carried by InterVarsity Press in the UK the following year. His next book,Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? was also published by Crossway in 2003, followed byGenesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Theological, and Literary Commentary, published by P&R (2006).[7]
Collins' recent bookDid Adam and Eve Really Exist?: Who They Were and Why You Should Care (Crossway, 2011), in which he highlights the importance to Christian theology of believing that the biblical periodfall of man was a historical event. The book explores four biblically defensible views, and how each comports or contrasts with modern theories ofhuman evolution. Collins has been a prominent voice in recent discussion amongevangelicals on this topic.[8][9][10][11]
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