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for the second part of his work. Gans's annals are memorable as the first work of this kind among the German Jews. In his preface to the second volume the author tries to justify writing about a "profane" subject like general history, and demonstrated that it was permitted to read history on
395:. This work is divided into 12 chapters and 305 paragraphs. In the introduction the author gives a historical survey of the development of astronomy and mathematical geography among the nations. Although acquainted with the work of 279:, published first in Prague in 1592. It is divided into two parts, the first containing the annals of Jewish history, the second those of general history. The author consulted the writings of 309: 317: 380: 284: 288: 195: 296: 292: 210:
into the circle of their studies, and from them Gans received the impulse to devote himself to these branches of science. He lived for a time in
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under the name of "David Avazi" ("avaz" means "goose" in Hebrew, a reference to the surname "Gans", which means "goose" in Yiddish);
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added a third part containing the annals of that century, which addition has been retained in later editions of the
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in Yiddish). The star of David, in Hebrew called a "Magen David", alludes to his work titled
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made a mistake in computation. A Latin translation of the introduction, and a résumé made by
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dealing with astronomy and mathematical geography, published with additions by
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was published in many editions. To the 1692 edition published in Frankfurt,
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New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought
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The Messianic Ideal in Judaism and Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality
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Among Gans's works the most widely known is his history entitled
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Zemach David:A Chronicle of Jewish and World History
556:. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 42. 638: 19:For the rock musician and music journalist, see 347:, which is in all probability identical to the 407:. He also ventures to assert that the prophet 320:(Leyden, 1644). It was translated also into 628:by Joseph Jacobs & Isaac Broydé (1906). 403:, attributing the Copernican system to the 497: 495: 493: 491: 363:mentioned below; the mathematical works 266: 232:from Hebrew into German by Tycho Brahe. 576: 639: 626:"Gans, David ben Solomon ben Seligman" 521:"Gans, David ben Solomon ben Seligman" 190:Later he attended the lectures of the 722:German expatriates in the Czech lands 581:. New York: Schocken. pp. 275–7. 551: 488: 447: 772:17th-century historians from Bohemia 697:16th-century historians from Bohemia 591: 375:, which are no longer in existence; 120:; ‎1541–1613), also known as 117: 13: 727:16th-century German mathematicians 434: 32:David Gans (David ben Shlomo Gans) 14: 783: 677:16th-century writers from Bohemia 615: 592:Gans, David ben Salomon (1966). 501: 38: 767:17th-century German astronomers 712:16th-century German astronomers 533:. 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(eds.). 448:Alter, George (2011). 429:Judah Loew ben Bezalel 415:, are appended to the 318:Wilhelm Heinrich Vorst 272: 165:North Rhine-Westphalia 657:People from Lippstadt 270: 21:David Gans (musician) 702:Czech mathematicians 399:, Gans followed the 281:Cyriacus Spangenberg 747:Writers from Prague 622:Jewish Encyclopedia 332:(1966, Hornier and 103:Shlomo ben Seligman 762:Jewish astronomers 732:Jewish astrologers 707:German astrologers 381:Joel ben Jekuthiel 285:Laurentius Faustus 273: 214:(where he studied 198:. 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David Gans (musician)
Photo of the tombstone of David Gans in Prague
Lippstadt
Prague
Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague
Hebrew
Jewish
chronicler
mathematician
historian
astronomer
astrologer
Lippstadt
North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Bonn
Frankfurt am Main
Kraków
Moses Isserles
Maharal of Prague
Sinai
philosophy
mathematics
astronomy
Nordheim
Euclid
Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Alfonsine Tables
Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague

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