Bruce M. Metzger (1914-2007), scholar

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

Biography

Biblical 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 was a specialist of Greek, New Testament and Old Testament. His major contribution to Second Temple Judaism was in the subfield of 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

• Wikipedia