Soldier of Fortune: A Gideon Quinn Adventure

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 14th-Century Christian Clergy, 14th-Century Caliphs, 14th-Century Rabbis, Gersonides, Abba Mari, Asher Ben Jehiel, Geert Groote, Barlaam of Seminara, Yom-Tov Lipmann-Muhlhausen, Paul of Burgos, Simeon Ben Zemah Duran, Joseph Ben Abraham Gikatilla, Bahya Ben Asher, Profiat Duran, Richard of Wallingford, David Abudirham, Isaac Ben Sheshet, Isaac Aboab I, Shem Tov Ben Abraham Ibn Gaon, Sesson YÅ?bai, Hasdai Crescas, Moses de León, Isaac Ben Samuel of Acre, Menahem Ben Aaron Ibn Zerah, Nethanel Ben Isaiah, Isaiah Di Trani the Younger, Yaakov Ben Moshe Levi Moelin, Shlomo Ben Aderet, Solomon Alami, Alexander Suslin, Isaac Tyrnau, Judah Ben Asher, Judah Leon Ben Moses Mosconi, Jacob Ben Asher, Menahem Recanati, Vidal of Tolosa, Nissim of Gerona, Ishtori Haparchi, Aaron Ben Jacob Ha-Kohen, Peter Ceffons, Joseph Ibn Habib, Nathanael Ben Nehemiah Caspi, Yom Tov Asevilli, Al-Mutawakkil I, Isaac Lattes, Daniel Ben Judah, Al-Mustakfi I of Cairo, Al-Mu'tadid I, Al-Wathiq Ii, Al-Mu'tasim, Al-Hakim Ii. Excerpt: Levi ben Gershon, better known by his Latinised name as Gersonides or the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG (12881344), philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, 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. As in the case of the other medieval Jewish philosophers little is known of his life. His family had been distinguished for piety and exegetical skill in Talmud, but though he was known in the Jewish community by commentaries on certain books of the Bible, he never seems to have accepted any rabbinical post. It has been suggested that the uniqueness of his opinions may have put obstacles in the way of his preferment. He is known to have b... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=61626