This new edition of Bruce Metzger's highly esteemed text is the most up-to-date manual available for the textual criticism of the New Testament. Thoroughly revised, the fourth edition brings the discussion of such important matters as the early Greek manuscripts and methods of textual criticism up to date, integrating recent research findings and approaches into the body of the text (previous revisions added new material and notes into appendices). It also examines new areas of interest, including the use of computers in the collection and evaluation of manuscript evidence and the effects that social and ideological influences had upon the work of scribes. Finally, this classic text has been reinvigorated in this edition with the addition of Bart Ehrman--an author of numerous best-selling books on the New Testament--as a coauthor.