Gersonides
GERSONIDES (1288–1344), French mathematician and philosopher, known also as Levi Ben Gershom and, in rabbinic texts, by the acronym RaLBaG (Rabbi Levi ben Gershom). Born in Bagnols, ...
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Levi Ben Gershom
1288-1344
French-Jewish Mathematician and Astronomer
One of the few Jewish scholars of any discipline who came to prominence in Christian Europe, Levi ben Gershom dealt with problems ...
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Levi Ben Gershom
1288-1344
French Jewish astronomer and mathematician who in his Sefer takunah (1340) attempted to replace the cosmology of Ptolemy with a new, rationalized Jewish cosmology. One of th...
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Gersonides(1288–1344)
Gersonides, or Levi ben Gershon, also known by his acronym, "RaLBaG," was a French Jewish philosopher, biblical exegete, mathematician, and astronomer. He wa...
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Gersonides [addendum]
The intensive and fruitful research conducted on Gersonides since the 1960s has increasingly led to a recognition of his exceptional stature as a philosopher-scientist. It is als...
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Perhaps no other medieval Jewish philosopher has been so maligned over the centuries as Gersonides. Indeed, his major philosophical work, Sefer Milhamot Ha-Shem (The Wars of the Lord, 1329), was calle...
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The medieval Jewish scientist, philosopher, and theologian Levi ben Gershon (1288-ca. 1344), also called Gersonides and Leo Hebraeus, is known for his continuation of the Jewish Aristotelian tradition...
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Gersonides
Levi Ben Gershom
Gersonides (1288-1344)
Gersonides
Levi ben Gershon
