Bonifatius Fischer (1915–1997) was a German biblical scholar, textual critic of theVulgate, andBenedictine.

Fischer questionedJerome's authorship of some parts of the VulgateNew Testament.

In 1951–1954 Fischer prepared the Old-Latin text of theBook 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).^[1]

Fischer examined all known Latin manuscripts of the Gospels written before the 10th century.^[2] Fischer participated in preparation ofVulgata Stuttgartiana.

• Novae Concordantiae Bibliorum Sacrorum Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem Critice Editam, 1977,ISBN 3-7728-0638-4
• Beiträge Zur Geschichte Der Lateinischen Bibeltexte
• Lateinische Bibelhandschriften Im Frühen Mittelalter

• 1915 births
• 1997 deaths
• German biblical scholars
• Benedictine biblical scholars
• 20th-century German Catholic theologians
• German Benedictines
• Benedictine theologians
• German male non-fiction writers
• 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests