Gersonides

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Aristotelian philosopher Jewish theologian Talmudist astronomer biblical commentator human mathematician medieval Jewish philosopher medieval commentator on Maimonides rabbi

Gersonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, and astronomer known for his rationalist biblical commentaries and major philosophical work "The Wars of the Lord."

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Levi ben Gershon	1
Levi ben Gershon of Bagnols	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aristotelian philosopher ⓘ Jewish theologian ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ astronomer ⓘ biblical commentator ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ medieval Jewish philosopher ⓘ medieval commentator on Maimonides ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
activeInCentury	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Languedoc NERFINISHED ⓘ Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Bagnols-sur-Cèze ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Languedoc NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear	1288 ⓘ
deathPlace	Kingdom of Majorca ⓘ Perpignan NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Roussillon ⓘ surface form: Roussillon
deathYear	1344 ⓘ
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish people ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Jewish philosophy ⓘ Talmudic studies ⓘ astrology ⓘ astronomy ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ logic ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasName	Levi ben Gershom ⓘ Gersonides self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Levi ben Gershon Gersonides self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Levi ben Gershon of Bagnols Levi ben Gershom ⓘ surface form: Levi ben Gerson Ralbag ⓘ
hasWorkTitle	Milhamot Hashem ⓘ surface form: Milhamot Ha-Shem Milhamot Hashem ⓘ surface form: Milḥamot Adonai
influenced	early modern Jewish thinkers ⓘ later Jewish rationalist philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy	Alexander of Aphrodisias ⓘ Aristotle ⓘ Averroes ⓘ Maimonides NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	The Wars of the Lord ⓘ commentary on Job ⓘ commentary on Proverbs ⓘ commentary on the Former Prophets ⓘ commentary on the Later Prophets ⓘ commentary on the Torah ⓘ rationalist biblical commentaries ⓘ work on astronomy and trigonometry ⓘ
languageOfWork	Hebrew ⓘ
mainWork	The Wars of the Lord ⓘ
notableIdea	doctrine of the acquired intellect ⓘ limited divine foreknowledge of future contingents ⓘ naturalistic explanation of miracles ⓘ reconciliation of reason and revelation ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Aristotelianism ⓘ medieval rationalism ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
viewOnAstrology	accepted a qualified form of astrology ⓘ
viewOnCreation	affirmed creation ex nihilo with philosophical interpretation ⓘ
viewOnImmortality	taught immortality of the acquired intellect ⓘ
viewOnMiracles	sought natural explanations for biblical miracles ⓘ
viewOnProvidence	linked divine providence to intellectual perfection ⓘ
wroteCommentaryOn	Book of Job ⓘ Book of Proverbs ⓘ Book of Ecclesiastes ⓘ surface form: Ecclesiastes Prophets ⓘ surface form: Former Prophets Prophets ⓘ surface form: Later Prophets Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ surface form: Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed Song of Songs ⓘ Torah ⓘ
wroteOn	astronomical instruments ⓘ spherical astronomy ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gersonides → hasName → Gersonides self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon

Gersonides → hasName → Gersonides self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon of Bagnols

Guide for the Perplexed → influenceOn → Gersonides ⓘ

Maimonides → influenced → Gersonides ⓘ