Sefer Nizzahon Yashan

For other uses, see Book of Victory.

Sefer Nizzahon Yashan (ספר ניצחון) "The (old) Book of Victory" is an anonymous 13th-century Jewish apologetic text that originated in Germany. The word "old" (Hebrew yashan, Latin vetus) 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]

See also

• Judaism's view of Jesus
• Dialogue with Trypho