Document Type
Review
Date of this Version
6-1994
Publication Source
Isis
Volume
85
Issue
2
Start Page
315
Last Page
315
DOI
10.1086/356836
Abstract
As is well known, anniversaries of the birth or death of important figures of the past often provide rich occasions for new and comprehensive scholarly assessments. The 700th anniversary of the birth of Gersonides (R. Levi ben Gershom [1288-1344]) was just such an occasion. Two international conferences devoted to the life and times of this Jewish philosopher, astronomer, and biblical exegete, held in France in 1988, produced two fine anthologies of original and useful essays by scholars already known for their work on Gersonides and by several others in related fields. The first, edited by Gilbert Dahan, is entitled Gersonide en son temps (peeters, 1991); the second is the volume under review.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 1994 by University of Chicago Press
Recommended Citation
Ruderman, D. B. (1994). Review of Gad Freudenthal (Ed.), Studies on Gersonides: A Fourteenth-Century Jewish Philosopher-Scientist. Isis, 85 (2), 315-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/356836
Date Posted: 02 August 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.