Dán Róbert: Matthias Vehe-Glirius: life and work of a radical antitrinitarian with his collected writings - Studia humanitatis 4. (Budapest, 1982)
MATTHIAS VEHE-GLIRIUS ROBERT DÁN The Pfalz-born Matthias Vehe-Glirius was the theoretician of “Judaization”, which may be considered as Protestantism’s last independent theological concept at the end of the 16th century. His name and pseudonyms (Vehe, Glirius, Elianus, Schimberg, etc.) appeared in various publications, official documents and private letters. The information we have concerning his life is only fragmentary and for 400 years our only knowledge of his magnum opus, Mattanjah, was derived from the disparaging critiques of his enemies. In 1975, Professor Dán discovered in Utrecht this work long considered to be lost. On the basis of this work he researched and systematized the available information on Vehe- Glirius. As a result of his painstaking investigation, we now see the Heidelberg student, persecuted for his principles, who had spread his tenets combining within a bold new approach the Jewish and Christian faiths, either in person or via his followers, from the Netherlands to Transylvania, from Lithuania to Friesland. The analysis of Vehe-Glirius’ thought reveals an ideological trend peculiar to the end of the 16th century. Dr. Dan’s study shows the relationship