Bruce M. Metzger

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Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic, a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor of the American Bible Society and United Bible Societies. He was a scholar of Greek, and New Testament textual criticism, and wrote prolifically on these subjects. Metzger was one of the most influential New Testament scholars of the 20th century.

Bruce M. Metzger
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Born
Bruce Manning Metzger

(1914-02-09)February 9, 1914
DiedFebruary 13, 2007(2007-02-13) (aged 93)
Spouse(s)
Isobel Metzger (m. 1944)
Academic background
Alma mater
  • Lebanon Valley College
  • Princeton Theological Seminary
ThesisStudies in a Greek Gospel Lectionary (Greg. 303) (1942)
Academic work
Notable studentsMichael J. Gorman, Bart D. Ehrman

Works

List of books

List of Translations

  • Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: The Apocrypha of the Old Testament. Translated by Metzger, Bruce M. 1977.
  • The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version, Expanded Edition. Translated by Metzger, Bruce M.; May, Herbert G. 1977.
  • Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: Revised Standard Version. Translated by Metzger, Bruce M. 1977.
  • New Revised Standard Version. Translated by Metzger, Bruce M. 1989.
  • The NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha, Compact Edition. Translated by Metzger, Bruce M. 2003.

Selected Articles and Chapters

  • Metzger, Bruce M. (May 27, 1966). "The Meaning of Christ's Ascension". Christianity Today. 10 (17): 3–4.
  • Metzger, Bruce M. (1970). "Names for the Nameless in the New Testament: A Study in the Growth of Christian Tradition". In Granfield, Patrick; Jungmann, Josef A. (eds.). Kyriakon: Festschrift Johannes Quasten. Vol. 1. Münster: Verlag Aschendorff. pp. 79–99.
  • Metzger, Bruce M. (1972). "Patristic Evidence and Textual Criticism of the New Testament". New Testament Studies. 18 (4): 379–400. doi:10.1017/S0028688500023705. S2CID 170833089. - Presidential Address, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, delivered August 24, 1971, at Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
  • Metzger, Bruce M. (1972). "Literary forgeries and canonical pseudepigrapha". Journal of Biblical Literature. 91 (1): 3–24. doi:10.2307/3262916. JSTOR 3262916. - Presidential address, Society of Biblical Literature, delivered October 29, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • "How Well Do You Know the Apocrypha?". Guideposts: 28–31. November 1984. 

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