Did Bruce Metzger believe the Apocrypha is a part of the Bible like Gail Riplinger claims in New Age Bible Versions? Would you use a Bible based on a text assembled by a Protestant who believed the Apocrypha is inspired?? Check out the page from Metzger’s book Manuscripts of the Greek Bible (1981, p. 74) which she cites, and decide for yourself.
See the full text of Metzger’s book here on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/manuscriptsofgre0000metz/page/n5/mode/2up
One must ask, why even bring Bruce into this if there is no evidence he believed these things? By the way, look at the context of where Gail’s “citation” (#6) is nestled. To me, she seems to imply that Bruce Metzger believed the New Testament Apocrypha (Hermas and Barnabas in particular) is inspired. On the next page, she lists his name among the others who discuss these books (Westcott, Blavatsky, etc). It is the clear implication of these lines and it’s 💯 fraudulent. This becomes more clear as you dig into it. See images below.
Gail does not provide anything close to enough information for us to make an educated decision on what he actually believed. Don’t forget to check out Metzger’s book An Introduction to the Apocrypha for what he actually believed about how it became regarded as inspired. Gail seems to be unaware of this book since she never refers to it in NABV, but I could be mistaken.
Check out Metzger’s book An Introduction to the Apocrypha here. https://archive.org/details/introductiontoap0000metz_e6j7
Did she lie, or was she just confused? Was she playing a little game to score a little point against the “Arcane Apocrypha”? In my opinion, the only real question is if Gail will admit to the error or will she just quietly fix it in upcoming printings of NABV. Let me know what you think in the comments.
I mentioned all of this briefly in last night’s stream to someone who asked for an example of a hole in Gail’s documentation. More details (and deeper, darker holes) to come. 😘
PS, The important thing is that this 1981 edition (image below) is the same one she is referring to. A typo appears on NABV page 612 of the 2021 printing which says “1991” rather than “1981”. The same page is being referred to. (See page 608 for the citation.)
This content was was first published our Buy Me A Coffee page on Nov 26, 2024. buymeacoffee.com/josepharmstrong/did-gail-lie-bruce-metzger
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