Bruce M. Metzger

Bruce M. Metzger
Born	Bruce Manning Metzger (1914-02-09)February 9, 1914 Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, US
Died	February 13, 2007(2007-02-13) (aged 93) Princeton, New Jersey, US
Spouse	Isobel Metzger ​ (m. 1944)​
Academic background
Alma mater	Lebanon Valley College Princeton Theological Seminary
Thesis	Studies in a Greek Gospel Lectionary (Greg. 303) (1942)
Academic work
Era	20th century
Discipline	Biblical studies
Institutions	Princeton Theological Seminary
Notable students	Greg Boyd, Bart D. Ehrman, Michael J. Gorman,
Main interests	Textual criticism of the New Testament New Testament canon
Notable works	Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek (1955) The Canon of the New Testament (1987)

Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the American Bible Society and United Bible Societies. He was a scholar of Greek, New Testament, and New Testament textual criticism, and wrote prolifically on these subjects. Metzger was an influential New Testament scholar of the 20th century.^[1][2][3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1986.^[4]