Born: November 8, 1511, Kitzingen, Bayern (Bavaria).
Died: December 10, 1569, Wittenberg, Germany.
Buried: Stadtpfarrkirche, Wittenberg, Germany.
Paul was the son of Johannes Eber, a master tailor in Kitzingen.
In 1523, he left home to attend the Gymnasium in Ansbach. Forced by illness to return home, he was thrown from horseback and dragged more than a mile, leaving him deformed for the rest of his life.
In 1525, he entered the St. Lorentz school at Nuremberg under Joachim Camerarius. In 1532, he went to the University of Wittenberg (graduated 1563).
Thereafter he became a tutor in the Philosophical faculty there. He was appointed professor of Latin in 1544, then in 1557 professor of Hebrew and castle preacher. In 1558 he became town preacher and General Superintendent of the Electorate, receiving his DD degree from the university in 1599.