Allen Paul Wikgren was an American Bible scholar.

Allen Wikgren (A.B.'28, A.M.'29, Ph.D.'32) was Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School, University of Chicago.

Wikgren was a minister at First Baptist Church in Belleville, Kansas

Belleville, Kansas

Belleville is a city in and the county seat of Republic County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,991.-Geography:Belleville is located at...

, and professor at Central Baptist Theological Seminary and Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas

Ottawa, Kansas

Ottawa is a city situated along the Marais des Cygnes River in the central part of Franklin County, located in east-central Kansas, 50 miles southwest of Kansas City, Mo., in the central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,649. It is the county seat and most populous...

, then in 1940 joining the University of Chicago Divinity School

University of Chicago Divinity School

The University of Chicago Divinity School is a graduate institution at the University of Chicago dedicated to the training of academics and clergy across religious boundaries...

 as the J.M. Powis Smith

John Merlin Powis Smith

John Merlin Powis Smith who published as J.M.P. Smith was an American Biblical scholar who worked on a translation of the Bible with Edgar J. Goodspeed ....

 Instructor.

Together with Bruce Metzger

Bruce Metzger

Bruce Manning Metzger was a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the American Bible Society. He was a scholar of Greek, New Testament and Old Testament, and wrote prolifically on these subjects.- Biography :Metzger was born in Middletown,...

, Kurt Aland

Kurt Aland

Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...

, and Carlo Maria Martini

Carlo Maria Martini

Carlo Maria Martini, SJ is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2002, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983.-Early life and education:...

 he was on the Editorial Committee of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament for 3rd ed. The Greek New Testament, Novum Testamentum Graece

Novum Testamentum Graece

Novum Testamentum Graece is the Latin name editions of the original Greek-language version of the New Testament.The first printed edition was the Complutensian Polyglot Bible by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, printed in 1514, but not published until 1520...

, "UBS3".

Wikgren was a member of the Revised Standard Version

Revised Standard Version

The Revised Standard Version is an English translation of the Bible published in the mid-20th century. It traces its history to William Tyndale's New Testament translation of 1525. The RSV is an authorized revision of the American Standard Version of 1901...

committee from 1952.

Works

• The Ancestry of Our English Bible (1949)
• co-editor. New Testament Manuscript Studies (1950)
• editor. Early Christian Origins (1961)