Joachim Gnilka (8 December 1928 in Leobschütz/Silesia – 15 January 2018[1] in Munich) was a German Roman Catholic theologian, New Testament scholar, exegete, and professor.
[2][3] Gnilka studied Catholic theology, Christian philosophy, and Oriental languages in Eichstätt, Würzburg, and Rome from 1947 to 1953.
[4] In 1959, he earned a habilitation,[4] and from 1959 to 1962 was Privatdozent (associate professor, senior lecturer) at the University of Würzburg.
[5] From 1975 to 1997, he was professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
[2][3] His commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Das Mattheusevangelium, was extensively quoted by Pope Benedict XVI in his 2007 book Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration.