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1. Gershom: Gershom (Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם, foreigner) (ca. 2474 AM–2553 AM) (ca. [100%] 2023-02-07 [Biblical Persons] [Old Testament]...
2. Gershom: GERSHOM gur'-shom (gereshom, from garash, "to cast out"; explained, however, in Exodus 2:22 and 18:3 as from gur, "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"): (1) Firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah ... [100%] 1915-01-01
3. Gershom: First-born son of Moses and Zipporah. The circumcision of a child of Moses described in Ex. is evidently that of , but the Midrash refers it to Eliezer. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Gershom: "A sojourner there." The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian. [100%] 2001-07-30
5. Carmichael, Gershom: Carmichael, Gershom, Scottish philosopher, was born probably in London, the son of a Presbyterian minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy council for his religious opinions. He graduated at Edinburgh University in 1691, and became a regent at ... [70%] 2022-09-02
6. Gershom Scholem: Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Israel, changed his name to Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם) (December 5, 1897 – February 21, 1982), was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian. He is widely regarded as the founder of the ... (Biography) [70%] 2023-08-25 [Jewish mysticism] [Kabbalah]...
7. Gershom Scholem: Gerhard (Gershom) Scholem (1897–1982) was the preeminent modern scholar of Jewish mysticism. Of Scholem Martin Buber once remarked, “all of us have students, schools, but only Gershom Scholem has created a whole academic discipline!” His contribution lay in five ... (Philosophy) [70%] 2021-12-24
8. Gershom Bartlett: Gershom Bartlett (February 19, 1723 – December 23, 1798) was a stone carver who carved tombstones in colonial Connecticut and Vermont. His carved gravestones are widespread in colonial burying grounds in eastern Connecticut as well as towns in Vermont and New ... (Colonial New Englannd Gravestone carver) [70%] 2023-10-28 [1723 births] [1798 deaths]...
9. Gershom Bader: Gershom Bader (August 21, 1868 – November 11, 1953) was a Jewish Galician-American writer, journalist, and playwright who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish. Bader was born on August 21, 1868, in Kraków, Galicia. [70%] 2023-11-18 [1868 births] [1953 deaths]...
10. Gershom Powers: Gershom Powers (July 11, 1789 – June 25, 1831) was an American lawyer, jurist, and law enforcement officer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1829 to 1831. (American politician) [70%] 2023-12-04 [1789 births] [1831 deaths]...
11. Gershom Scholem: Gershom Scholem (December 5, 1897 – February 21, 1982), also known as Gerhard Scholem, was a Jewish philosopher and historian widely regarded as the modern founder of the scholarly study of Kabbalah. Raised in Germany, he rejected his parents' assimilationist views ... [70%] 2023-02-04
12. Gershom Scholem: Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם) (5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982) was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew ... (German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)) [70%] 2024-07-18 [1897 births] [1982 deaths]...
13. Gershom Sizomu: Gershom Sizomu (born 1969) is a Ugandan rabbi serving the Abayudaya, a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism. Sizomu is the first native-born black rabbi in Sub-Saharan Africa. [70%] 2024-10-10 [Abayudaya] [Conservative rabbis]...
14. Gershom Ben Judah: Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 -1040?) was a French rabbi, best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom"), who was the founder of Talmudic studies in France and Germany. He is also known by the title Me'Or Hagolah ... [57%] 2023-02-04
15. Gershom Ben Judah: Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 -1040?) was a French rabbi, best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom"), who was the founder of Talmudic studies in France and Germany. He is also known by the title Me'Or Hagolah ... [57%] 2023-02-04
16. Gershom ben Judah: Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960–1040) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom") and also commonly known to scholars of Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah ("Our teacher Gershom the light of the exile"), was ... (Rabbi) [57%] 2024-01-03 [960s births] [11th-century deaths]...
17. Gershom Whitfield Guinness: Gershom Whitfield Guinness (April 25, 1869 in Paris, France – April 12, 1927 in Peking) was a Protestant missionary in China, where he also was a practising medical doctor and a writer. A descendant of Guinness brewing family, he was a ... [57%] 2023-12-22 [1869 births] [1927 deaths]...
18. Idi B. Gershom (Ada B. Gershon): Babylonian amora of the tannaitic period (about 150); father of Idi b. There is some connection between Idi b. Ahabah in the name of Simeon (b. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
19. Rapa (Portrapa), Simḥah Ben Gershom Ha-Kohen: Talmudic scholar and author of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; born at Porto, Italy; died at Vienna. He was a younger cousin of Menahem Abraham Rapa; when the latter changed his name to Rapoport, Simḥah began to call himself Portrapa ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
20. Gershom Ben Judah (Called Also Gershom Ha-Zaḳen ="Gershom The Elder," And Me'Or: French rabbi; born at Metz in 960; died at Mayence in 1040. He was the founder of Talmudic studies in France and Germany. As he himself says in a responsum reported by R. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
21. Jacob B. Gershom Ha-Gozer (= "The Mohel"): He was a nephew of Ephraim b. Jacob of Bonn, with whom he carried on a scientific correspondence; he had also personal relations with Eliezer b. As far as is known, Jacob was the first to write a monograph on ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [37%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
22. Jonathan (son of Gershom): Jonathan (Hebrew יהֹונָתָן, Jehovah-given) (fl. ca. (Son of Gershom) [50%] 2023-02-23 [Biblical Persons] [Old Testament]...