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'''Bruce M. Metzger''' (1914-2007) was an American scholar.

==Biography==
Bible scholar. Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary for more than 40 years. Chair of the Committee of Translators for the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

==Contribution to Second Temple Jewish Studies==
Metzger's major contribution was in the field of the OT Apocrypha. 

==Works==

====Books====
*''[[Introduction to the Apocrypha]]'' (New York 1957)

====Edited volumes====
*''[[The Apocrypha of the Old Testament]]. Expanded Edition Containing the Third and Fourth Books of the Maccabees and Pslams 151, Revised Standard Version'' 

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_M._Metzger Wikipedia]

[[Category:American scholarship|Metzger]]