Sefer Nizzahon Yashan
13th-century Jewish apologetic text
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Sefer Nizzahon (Yashan) (Hebrew: ספר ניצחון, romanized: sēfer niṣṣāḥon, lit. 'Book of Victory') "The (Old) Book of Victory" is an anonymous Jewish apologetic text that originated in 13th-century Germany. The word "old" (yashan) has become attached to the title to distinguish the work from the Sefer Nizzahon of Yom-Tov Lipmann-Muhlhausen of Prague, written in the 15th century.[1] A modern edition was published by Mordechai Breuer in 1978, and a critical edition by David Berger in 2008.[2]
The work was known and responded to by Protestant Hebraists and polemicists, including Johann Reuchlin, Sebastian Münster, Wolfgang Capito, Immanuel Tremellius, John Calvin, and Martin Luther.[3][4][5]
