Bruce M. Metzger is George L. Collord Professor Emeritus of New
Testament Language and Literature, Princeton Theological Seminary.
A recognised authority on the text of the New Testament, he was
chairperson of the NRSV Bible Committee, which produced the New
Revised Standard Version, and he was co-editor (with Roland E.
Murphy) of The New Oxford Annotated Bible.
Michael D. Coogan is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill
College.
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