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The bible has been translated more than any other piece of literature and is currently available in over two thousand languages, with several languages having numerous versions. I found eightyfouryearold bruce metzger on a saturday afternoon at his usual hangout, the library at princeton theological seminary, where, he says with a smile, i like to dust off the books. Textual commentary on the greek new testament available for download and read online in other f. He had turned 93 just four days earlier february 9. The canon of the new testament by metzger, bruce m. Curious about how the new testament came to be, was written, and then how the canon was formed. Metzger s classic work is the most uptodate manual available for the textual criticism of the new testament. It contains a thorough explanation of each textual decision that appears in ubs4. Home textual commentary on the greek new testament.
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