Klaus Berger (theologian)

Klaus Berger (25 November 1940 – 8 June 2020) was a German academic theologian. Berger was Professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Heidelberg.

Klaus Berger
Born(1940-11-25)25 November 1940
Hildesheim, Germany
Died8 June 2020(2020-06-08) (aged 79)
Heidelberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationAcademic theologian
TitleProfessor of New Testament Theology
Academic work
DisciplineNew Testament scholar
InstitutionsUniversity of Heidelberg

Biography

He is known for his study and publications on the New Testament. He had been quoted in several Catholic news sources to the effect that he was Catholic or somehow "both Catholic and Protestant." This idea was rejected by the Roman Catholic Church.[1] But, after a long controversy, he did indeed leave the Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden (the Protestant Church in Baden), and became a member once more of the Roman Catholic Church (in the diocese of Hildesheim, Germany).

Personal life

Berger had two children from his first marriage with Christa Berger. Later he married translation scholar Christiane Nord. He was a familiaris of the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Woods.

Selected works

Books
  • Berger, Klaus (1995). The Truth under Lock and Key? Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664255473. OCLC 31170693.
  • ——— (2003). Identity and Experience in the New Testament (trans. of Historische Psychologie des Neuen Testaments). Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800627799. OCLC 50912530. - pub. in German by Verl. Kath. Bibelwerk, 1995

Edited by
  • ———; Boring, M. Eugene; Colpe, Carsten, eds. (1995). Hellenistic Commentary to the New Testament. Biblical Studies/New Testament. Nashville: Abingdon Press. ISBN 9780687009169. OCLC 644650888.

References
  1. Catholic News Agency
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