Klaus Berger (theologian)

Klaus Berger
Born	(1940-11-25)25 November 1940 Hildesheim, Germany
Died	8 June 2020(2020-06-08) (aged 79) Heidelberg, Germany
Occupation	Academic theologian
Title	Professor of New Testament Theology
Academic work
Discipline	New Testament scholar
Institutions	University of Heidelberg

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.

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] and, after this controversy, he left 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. "Vatican responds to German press, says Pope had no knowledge of theologian's confessional identity". Catholic News Agency. 7 November 2005.