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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. Specialist of Greek, New Testament and Old Testament. His major contribution to Second Temple Judaism was in the subfield of OT Apocrypha.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- An Introduction to the Apocrypha (1957 Metzger), book
- The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content (1965 Metzger), book
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
- The Oxford Companion to the Bible (1993 Metzger/Coogan), edited volume