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'''Bruce M. Metzger''' (1914-2007) was the leading [[North American]] expert on translating the [[New Testament]] from its [[Greek]]. He was a longtime professor of New Testament language and literature at Princeton the Theological Seminary, and was also ordained as a [[Presbyterian]] minister.
Metzger earned a Ph.D. in classices from [[Princeton University]] (1942). He was a reknowned linguist who mastered, among other languages, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Coptic, Syriac, and Russian.
Metzger led the translation known as the [[New Revised Standard Version]], as published in 1990.
Among Metzger's numerous published works were the following notable books:
*''The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations'' (Clarendon, 1977)
*''Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Palaeography'' (Oxford Univ., 1981)
*''The Oxford Companion to the Bible'' (co-editor, 1993)
*''The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions'' (Baker Academic, 2001).
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