Bruce Metzger
Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007) was George L. Collord Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. Widely regarded as the most authoritative twentieth-century scholar on the New Testament text and canon.
Three essays from three issues, 2014 to 2022
2022
One essay
Theological Implications of Inclusive Language in Biblical TranslationSpring 2022
Bruce Metzger's previously unpublished 1984 Princeton address on the theological stakes of inclusive language in Bible translation, published here for the first time. Translation always trades…
2017
One essay
If I were a Church School Teacher AgainWinter 2017
Bruce Metzger spent his career as one of America's foremost biblical scholars but began as a Sunday School superintendent. These late-career reflections on what he would…
2014
One essay
The Formation of the New Testament CanonIssue 1, 2014
Metzger walks through the influences that quietly shaped the New Testament canon: which books circulated, which got read aloud in worship, which got cited as Scripture…