Bruce M. Metzger (1914-2007), scholar

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

Books

• An Introduction to the Apocrypha (1957 Metzger), book

• Index to Periodical Literature on the Apostle Paul (1960 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

• The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible (2001 Metzger, Coogan), edited volume

Biography

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