Herberger, Valerius

Herberger, Valerius a Lutheran theologian was born at Fraustadt, Prussian Poland, April 21, 1562, and died there, May 18, 1627. He was a teacher in his native place in 1584, deacon in 1590, and pastor in 1598. His publications are still highly prized in the German Evangelical Church. He wrote, Evangelische Herzpostille (new ed. Berlin, 1853): — Epistolische Herzpostille (ibid): — Geistreiche Stoppelpostille: — Magnalia Dei De Jesu Scripturie Nucleo et Medulla (Halle, 1854): — Passionszeiger (ibid. 1858): — Geistliche Trauerbinden: — Psalterparadies: — Erklarung des Jesus Sirach. See Lauterbach, Vita, Fama et Fata Valerii Herbergeri (1708); Ledderhose, Leben Valerius Herbergers, in the Sontagsbibliothek, volume 4, parts 5 and 6 (Bielefeld, 1851); Specht, Geschichte der evangelisch lutherischen Genzeinde zu Fraustadt (1855); Plitt-Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:540; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)