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 } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

Biography

He is known for his study and publications on the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

. 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 The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

and, after this controversy, he left the

Protestant Church in Baden The Protestant Church in Baden (german: link=no, Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden; i.e. Evangelical Regional Church in Baden) is a United Protestant member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and member of the Conference of Church ...

and became a member once more of the Roman Catholic Church (in the

diocese of Hildesheim The Diocese of Hildesheim (Latin: ''Dioecesis Hildesiensis'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheim ...

, 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

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Selected works

Books

* * - pub. in German by Verl. Kath. Bibelwerk, 1995

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berger, Klaus 1940 births 2020 deaths German Christian theologians New Testament scholars German biblical scholars 20th-century German theologians Academic staff of Heidelberg University German male non-fiction writers 20th-century Christian biblical scholars Roman Catholic biblical scholars