Bonifatius Fischer (19151997) was a German biblical scholar, textual critic of the Vulgate, and Benedictine.
Fischer questioned Jerome's authorship of some parts of the Vulgate New Testament.
From 1951 to 1954 Fischer prepared the Old-Latin text of the Book of Genesis: Genesis 1:1 – 9:14 (1951) Genesis 9:14 – 27:23 (1952) Genesis 27:23 – 43:22 (1953) Genesis 43:22 – 50:26 (1954).
Fischer examined all known Latin manuscripts of the Gospels written before the 10th century.Iohannes Scottus Eriugena: the Bible and hermeneutics : proceedings of the Ninth International Colloquium of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies, held at Leuven and Louvain-La-Neuve (Leuven 1996), p. 311. Fischer participated in preparation of Vulgata Stuttgartiana.
Works
Novae Concordantiae Bibliorum Sacrorum Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem Critice Editam, 1977, Beiträge Zur Geschichte Der Lateinischen Bibeltexte Lateinische Bibelhandschriften Im Frühen Mittelalter
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