diff --git a/core/src/main/antlr4/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/lexer/SqlScriptLexer.g4 b/core/src/main/antlr4/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/lexer/SqlScriptLexer.g4
index 1fd044e2c3..a1cf0b7197 100644
--- a/core/src/main/antlr4/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/lexer/SqlScriptLexer.g4
+++ b/core/src/main/antlr4/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/lexer/SqlScriptLexer.g4
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 lexer grammar SqlScriptLexer;
 
+options { caseInsensitive = true; }
+
 COMMENT
     : '--' ~('\r' | '\n')* |
       '//' ~('\r' | '\n')* |
@@ -33,10 +35,22 @@ fragment NEWLINE
     : ('\r' | '\n')
     ;
 
+fragment WHITESPACE
+    : (' ' | '\t' | NEWLINE)
+    ;
+
 QUOTED_TEXT
     :   ('\'' (ESCAPE_SEQUENCE | ~'\'')* '\'')
     ;
 
+BLOCK_BEGIN
+    : 'BEGIN' WHITESPACE+
+    ;
+
+BLOCK_END
+    : 'END' WHITESPACE+
+    ;
+
 fragment ESCAPE_SEQUENCE
     :  '\\' '\''
     ;
@@ -46,7 +60,7 @@ SEMICOLON
     ;
 
 LITERAL
-    :  ('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|' '|'\t'|'0'..'9'|
+    :  ('A'..'Z'|' '|'\t'|'0'..'9'|
         ','|'*'|'.'|'@'|'_'|'!'|'='|'('|')'|'['|']')+
     ;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/SqlScriptParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/SqlScriptParser.java
index 240955781e..bd96fc8e6d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/SqlScriptParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/internal/SqlScriptParser.java
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 import org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer;
 import org.jdbi.v3.core.statement.internal.ErrorListener;
 
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.BLOCK_BEGIN;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.BLOCK_END;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.COMMENT;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.LITERAL;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.MULTI_LINE_COMMENT;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.NEWLINES;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.OTHER;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.QUOTED_TEXT;
+import static org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.lexer.SqlScriptLexer.SEMICOLON;
+
 /**
  * An SQL script parser.
  *
@@ -37,26 +47,37 @@ public String parse(CharStream charStream) {
         SqlScriptLexer lexer = new SqlScriptLexer(charStream);
         lexer.addErrorListener(new ErrorListener());
         boolean endOfFile = false;
+        int blockLevel = 0;
         while (!endOfFile) {
             Token t = lexer.nextToken();
             switch (t.getType()) {
                 case Token.EOF:
                     endOfFile = true;
                     break;
-                case SqlScriptLexer.SEMICOLON:
-                    semicolonHandler.handle(t, sb);
+                case SEMICOLON:
+                    if (blockLevel == 0) {
+                        semicolonHandler.handle(t, sb);
+                    } else {
+                        // preserve semicolons within begin/end block
+                        sb.append(t.getText());
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case BLOCK_BEGIN:
+                case BLOCK_END:
+                    blockLevel += BLOCK_BEGIN == t.getType() ? +1 : -1;
+                    sb.append(t.getText());
                     break;
-                case SqlScriptLexer.COMMENT:
-                case SqlScriptLexer.MULTI_LINE_COMMENT:
+                case COMMENT:
+                case MULTI_LINE_COMMENT:
                     break;
-                case SqlScriptLexer.NEWLINES:
+                case NEWLINES:
                     if (sb.length() > 0) {
-                        sb.append(' ');
+                        sb.append(System.lineSeparator()); // normalize newline sequences
                     }
                     break;
-                case SqlScriptLexer.QUOTED_TEXT:
-                case SqlScriptLexer.LITERAL:
-                case SqlScriptLexer.OTHER:
+                case QUOTED_TEXT:
+                case LITERAL:
+                case OTHER:
                     sb.append(t.getText());
                     break;
                 default:
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/Script.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/Script.java
index 0f0d105d80..98775576e8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/Script.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/Script.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import org.jdbi.v3.core.internal.SqlScriptParser;
 
 /**
- * Represents a number of SQL statements which will be executed in a batch statement.
+ * Represents a number of SQL statements delimited by semicolon which will be executed in order in a batch statement.
  */
 public class Script extends SqlStatement<Script> {
     private final Handle handle;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/TestScript.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/TestScript.java
index 426feb0bd7..98f22f09e3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/TestScript.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jdbi/v3/core/statement/TestScript.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 package org.jdbi.v3.core.statement;
 
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -20,16 +21,18 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import de.softwareforge.testing.postgres.junit5.EmbeddedPgExtension;
 import de.softwareforge.testing.postgres.junit5.MultiDatabaseBuilder;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Condition;
 import org.jdbi.v3.core.Handle;
+import org.jdbi.v3.core.HandleAccess;
 import org.jdbi.v3.core.junit5.H2DatabaseExtension;
 import org.jdbi.v3.core.junit5.PgDatabaseExtension;
+import org.jdbi.v3.core.locator.ClasspathSqlLocator;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
-import static org.jdbi.v3.core.locator.ClasspathSqlLocator.findSqlOnClasspath;
-import static org.jdbi.v3.core.locator.ClasspathSqlLocator.getResourceOnClasspath;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class TestScript {
 
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ public class TestScript {
     @Test
     public void testScriptStuff() {
         Handle h = h2Extension.openHandle();
-        Script s = h.createScript(findSqlOnClasspath("default-data"));
+        Script s = h.createScript(getClasspathSqlLocator().locate("default-data"));
         s.execute();
 
         assertThat(h.select("select * from something").mapToMap()).hasSize(2);
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ public void testScriptStuff() {
     @Test
     public void testScriptWithComments() {
         Handle h = h2Extension.openHandle();
-        Script script = h.createScript(getResourceOnClasspath("script/insert-script-with-comments.sql"));
+        Script script = h.createScript(getClasspathSqlLocator().getResource("script/insert-script-with-comments.sql"));
         script.execute();
 
         assertThat(h.select("select * from something").mapToMap()).hasSize(3);
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ public void testScriptWithComments() {
     @Test
     public void testScriptWithStringSemicolon() {
         Handle h = h2Extension.openHandle();
-        Script script = h.createScript(getResourceOnClasspath("script/insert-with-string-semicolons.sql"));
+        Script script = h.createScript(getClasspathSqlLocator().getResource("script/insert-with-string-semicolons.sql"));
         script.execute();
 
         assertThat(h.select("select * from something").mapToMap()).hasSize(3);
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ public void testScriptWithStringSemicolon() {
     @Test
     public void testFuzzyScript() {
         Handle h = h2Extension.openHandle();
-        Script script = h.createScript(getResourceOnClasspath("script/fuzzy-script.sql"));
+        Script script = h.createScript(getClasspathSqlLocator().getResource("script/fuzzy-script.sql"));
         script.executeAsSeparateStatements();
 
         List<Map<String, Object>> rows = h.select("select id, name from something order by id").mapToMap().list();
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ public void testScriptAsSetOfSeparateStatements() {
         assertThatExceptionOfType(StatementException.class)
             .isThrownBy(() -> {
                 Handle h = h2Extension.openHandle();
-                Script script = h.createScript(getResourceOnClasspath("script/malformed-sql-script.sql"));
+                Script script = h.createScript(getClasspathSqlLocator().getResource("script/malformed-sql-script.sql"));
                 script.executeAsSeparateStatements();
             })
             .satisfies(e -> assertThat(e.getStatementContext().getRawSql().trim())
@@ -98,9 +101,44 @@ public void testScriptAsSetOfSeparateStatements() {
     @Test
     public void testPostgresJsonExtractTextOperator() {
         Handle h = pgExtension.openHandle();
-        Script script = h.createScript(getResourceOnClasspath("script/postgres-json-operator.sql"));
+        Script script = h.createScript(getClasspathSqlLocator().getResource("script/postgres-json-operator.sql"));
         script.execute();
 
         assertThat(h.select("select * from something").mapToMap()).hasSize(1);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     *   Test for correct handling of semicolons in sql containing begin/end blocks.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     *   Class {@link Script} splits sql scripts into lists of statements by semicolon ({@code ;}) and then batch-executes them.<br>
+     *   Statements may contain {@code BEGIN...END} blocks containing subordinated statements (also ending in semicolons).<br>
+     *   Only semicolons on the highest level (i.e. outside any block) actually signal the end of an sql statement.
+     * </p>
+     * @author Markus Spann
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testOracleScriptWithBeginEndBlock() {
+        String sql = getClasspathSqlLocator().getResource("script/oracle-with-begin-end-blocks.sql");
+        try (Script script = new Script(HandleAccess.createHandle(), sql)) {
+
+            List<String> statements = script.getStatements();
+
+            assertThat(statements).hasSize(3);
+
+            String lastStmt = statements.get(2);
+            assertThat(lastStmt).startsWith("CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER EXAMPLE_TRIGGER");
+            assertThat(lastStmt).endsWith("END;");
+            assertThat(lastStmt).hasLineCount(15);
+            assertThat(lastStmt).has(new Condition<>(s -> 7 == s.chars().filter(ch -> ch == ';').count(), "count semicolons"));
+
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            fail("Failed to mock handle", ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ClasspathSqlLocator getClasspathSqlLocator() {
+        return ClasspathSqlLocator.removingComments();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/script/oracle-with-begin-end-blocks.sql b/core/src/test/resources/script/oracle-with-begin-end-blocks.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..184b1256fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/script/oracle-with-begin-end-blocks.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+--
+-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+-- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE EXAMPLE
+(
+    ID            NUMBER PRIMARY KEY,
+    USERNAME      VARCHAR2(128) NOT NULL,
+    CREATED_AT    TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE EXAMPLE_ID_SEQUENCE
+    START WITH 1
+    INCREMENT BY 1;
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER EXAMPLE_TRIGGER
+    BEFORE INSERT
+    ON EXAMPLE
+    FOR EACH ROW
+BEGIN
+    SELECT sys_context('USERENV', 'SESSION_USER') INTO :new.USERNAME FROM DUAL; -- JDBI STOPS HERE!
+    IF :new.USERNAME = 'something'  THEN
+        raise_application_error(-20000, 'Some error');
+    END IF;
+    BEGIN
+        SELECT EXAMPLE_ID_SEQUENCE.nextval INTO :new.ID FROM DUAL;
+        SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP INTO :new.CREATED_AT FROM DUAL;
+        SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP INTO :new.UPDATED_AT FROM DUAL;
+    END
+END;