Back جرسونيدس Arabic جرسونيدس ARZ Guersònides Catalan Levi ben Geršom Czech Levi ben Gershon German Gersónides Spanish ابن گرشوم Persian Gersonides Finnish Gersonide French רלב"ג HE
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| Born | Levi ben Gershon (לוי בן גרשון) 1288 |
| Died | 1344 (aged 55–56) |
| Era | Medieval philosophy |
| Region | Jewish philosophy |
Main interests | Religious philosophy, mathematics |
Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus,[1] or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG,[2] 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 Solomon Catalan.
- ^ Hyman, Arthur; Walsh, James J.; Williams, Thomas (24 September 2010). Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions. Hackett. ISBN 9781603844512.
- ^ "Ralbag" is the acronym of "Rabbi Levi Ben Gershon", with vowels added to make it easily pronouncable, the normal traditional Jewish practice with the names of prominent Rabbis.[citation needed]