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Levi ben Gershon, better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG, was a medieval French Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer. He was born at Bagnols in Languedoc, France. According to Abraham Zacuto and others, he was the son of Gerson ben Solo…
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science · Medieval Jewish philosopher · astronomer · rabbi · mathematician · philosopher · astrologer · theologian · physicist · physician · also Gersonides, Levi ben Gerson, Ralbag, Levi ben Gershon, Leo Hebraeus
Born 1 January 1288 · Died 20 April 1344 · Q353633
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“s, and simultaneously question its logical compatibility with omnipotence. See further discussion in Free will in Jewish thought. Views of the afterlife Gersonides posits that people”
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JSTOR Daily: Torah in the Observatory: Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs
The Times of Israel: The Wisdom of Gersonides
The Times of Israel: Book review: Gersonides – Judaism within the Limits of Reason
Published “The Commentary of Levi Ben Gersom (Gersonides) on the Book of Job” in Books Abroad.
Died 1344-04-20.
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Born 1288-01-01.
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