(1859–1927) was a noted Catholic exegete, or writer of critical interpretation of scripture.

Anthony Maas was born in Bainkhausen, Province of Westphalia, Prussia on August 23, 1858.

[1] He was educated at public and private schools and the gymnasium at Arnsberg, Westphalia, the Jesuit scholasticates at Manresa, New York, Woodstock College, and Manresa, Spain.

[2] Maas came to the United States, entered the Society of Jesus in 1877, and was ordained, 1887.

He died at Saint Andrew-on-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York on February 20, 1927.