C. John "Jack" Collins is an American academic and professor of Old Testament at

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, where he has served since 1993. He received a BS and MS (computer science and systems engineering) from the

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, an M.Div. from

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, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Hebrew linguistics from the School of Archaeology and Oriental Studies,

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

. Collins was Old Testament Chairman for the

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, 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. 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, entitled ''The 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 by ''Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Theological, and Literary Commentary'', published by P&R (2006). Collins' recent book ''Did 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 period

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was a historical event, and explores whether such a belief can be compatible with a

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view of human origins. Collins has been a prominent voice in recent discussion among

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on this topic.

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