Gersonides
Gersonides or Levi ben Gershon , 1288-1344, Jewish philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, called also Ralbag, from the initials of his Hebrew name, b. Languedoc. He wrote scientific works and commentaries on Averroës and the Torah. His Milchamoth Adonai [the wars of the Lord] is an elaborate treatise modeled after the Moreh Nevukhim of Maimonides. It is mainly a systematic criticism of the syncretism of Maimonides. His scientific views remained influential into the 19th cent.
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Gersonides
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gersonides or Levi ben Gershon , 1288-1344, Jewish philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, called also Ralbag, from the initials...
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Levi Ben Gerson
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Bible and the Talmud. Levi was also called RaLBaG (a monogram of Rabbi Levi ben Gerson) by the Jewish writers and Gersoni, Gersonides, Leo de Bannolis or Balneolis, Leo Judaeus, and Leo Hebraeus (not to be confused with Leone Ebreo [d. 1521/1535...
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Levi ben Gershom, Ralbag
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Levi ben Gershom, Ralbag, or Gersonides (1288–1344). Jewish philosopher and Bible commentator. He was an eminent Talmudist who wrote a commentary on Berakhot...
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Levi ben Gershon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Levi ben Gershon see Gersonides .
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Judaism, History of Science and Religion, Modern Period
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
...early nineteenth centuries) As is clear from the example of religious scientists such as the astronomer Levi Ben Gershom (Gersonides, 1288–1344), Jews followed Maimonides's directives and made first-rate contributions to the advancement...
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