of La Vieille-Lyre, Normandy, hence his name. Like others in the 14th century, he was occupied by the possibility of the conversion of the Jews, to whom he dedicated hortatory addresses. He wrote Pulcherrimae quaestiones Iudaicam perfidiam in catholicam fide improbantes, which was one of the sources Martin Luther used in his On the Jews and Their Lies. References Sources Philippe Bobichon, « Nicolas de Lyre dans la littérature hébraïque et juive : XIVe-XVIIe siècles » in : G. Dahan (dir.) : Nicolas de Lyre, franciscain du XIVe siècle exégète et théologien, Études Augustiniennes. Série « Moyen Âge et Temps modernes, 48, Paris, 2011, pp. 281-312 online Philip D. W. Krey and Lesley Smith, editors, Nicholas of Lyra: The Senses of Scripture (fifteen essays by various authors: the first modern study) Klaus Reinhardt, "Das Werk des Nikolaus von Lyra im mittelalterlichen Spanien", Traditio 43 (1987): 321-358. Translations External links Luther and Lyra on the Song of Solomon: Were They Singing the Same Tune? by James G. Kiecker Lewis E 43 Biblical commentary at OPenn 6 Postilla super psalterium (Commentary on the Psalms at OPenn French biblical scholars Academic staff of the University of Paris 1270 births 1349 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism People from Eure French Roman Catholics French Friars Minor Christian Hebraists Roman Catholic biblical scholars 14th-century Christian biblical scholars