Paul Billerbeck

Paul Billerbeck (1853–1932) was a Lutheran minister and scholar of Judaism, best known for his Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash (German, 1926) co-written with Hermann Strack. Billerbeck was born in Bad Schönfließ, Neumark, Prussia to Jewish parents and educated in Greifswald and Leipzig.^[1][2][3] Billerbeck's participation in Strack's Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash commenced in 1906 when Strack encouraged Billerbeck to compile and expand the material of John Lightfoot, Christian Schoettgen (1733) and Johann Jacob Wetstein for a new German commentary on the New Testament using rabbinical literature.^[4]

References

1. History of New Testament Research: From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann William Baird - 2002 "According to Joachim Jeremias, Billerbeck, as a pastor preparing sermons, had ... Paul Billerbeck (1853-1932) was born in Prussia and educated in Greifswald and Leipzig"
2. The first Christian Paul F. M. Zahl - 2003 - Paul Billerbeck (1853-1932) was a Lutheran pastor of great erudition and also of Jewish background. His work attempted to place the words of Jesus in their..
3. Paul Billerbeck as student of rabbinic literature : a description
4. The New Testament and rabbinic literature - 2010 "On Strack's initiative Paul Billerbeck (1853–1932) sifted the material of Lightfoot and Schoettgen, vastly amplified it, put it into German, and aligned it ..."

Translations

• The Passover Meal, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
• Luke 18 and Fasting: Commentary on Luke 18:11b,12a, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
• John 10 and Hanukkah: Commentary on John 10:22-30, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
• Commentary on Luke 7:36-50, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2013).
• Commentary on Matthew 5:13-14, translated by Nathaniel J. Biebert (Red Brick Parsonage, 2014).