Emil Schürer

Emil Schürer (2 May 1844 – 20 April 1910) was a German Protestant theologian known mainly for his study of the history of the Jews around the time of Jesus' ministry.

After studying at the universities of Erlangen, Berlin and Heidelberg from 1862 to 1866, he became in 1873 professor extraordinarius at Leipzig.

[2] His elaborate work on the history of the Jews in the time of Christ, Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi (1886–1890; 4th edition 1901–1909), made him one of the best known of modern German scholars in Great Britain and the United States.

[2] The second edition was translated into English under the title A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (1885–1891).

Later, a revised English version of the work was created under the editorship of Géza Vermes, Fergus Millar and Matthew Black, with the slightly different title of The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973–1987).