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."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Gersonides canonical	7
Levi ben Gershon	4
Rabbi Levi ben Gershon	2
Levi ben Gershon of Bagnols	1

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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	Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Languedoc Provence ⓘ
birthPlace	Bagnols-sur-Cèze ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Languedoc
birthYear	1288 ⓘ
deathPlace	Kingdom of Majorca ⓘ Perpignan ⓘ 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Maimonides → influenced → Gersonides ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon

Gersonides → hasName → Gersonides self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon of Bagnols

Jewish philosophy → hasNotableFigure → Gersonides ⓘ

Provençal Jewish scholars → notableMember → Gersonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Levi ben Gershon

Provençal Jewish scholars → notableMember → Gersonides ⓘ

Ralbag → alternateName → Gersonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon

Ralbag → acronymOf → Gersonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Levi ben Gershon

The Wars of the Lord → author → Gersonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon

Levi ben Gershom → hasAlias → Gersonides ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levi ben Gershon