Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa

Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa was a Jewish physician, chemist, astronomer, and apologist who contended with Nicholas de Lyra.[1] He was born in 1380 in Béjar, near Salamanca and died in 1460. His main work is Magen va-Romah (Shield and sword), in which he criticised Christianity.

References
  1. Hanne Trautner-Kromann Shield and sword: Jewish polemics against Christianity 1993
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