Jerome Friedman The Most Ancient Testimony: Sixteenth-Century Christian-Hebraica in the Age of Renaissance Nostalgia. Ohio University Press, 1983. First edition. 0821407007 278 pages. Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25" is bound in dark brown cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear. Contents:

Medieval 'Hebraica Veritas' and Renaissance Hebrew study Overview: the past as pattern Michael Servetus: the reconstruction of the Christian past Johannes Reuchlin: the discovery of the secret Jesus Paul Fagius: the emergence of the Christian Pharisee Overview: contours and variety of scriptural study Unacceptable historical-literal interpretation Acceptable cultural-ethnographic interpretation The Basel-Wittenberg Conflict Overview: Hebraica, Christians, and Jews Judaization: theory and practice The year 1538: A turning point Luther, Charles V, Jews, and Hebraists The Jewish Mission A new interpretation of Christian Hebraica.