Mordechai Finzi Explained

Mordechai ben Abraham Finzi (1407–1476 in Mantua) was a Jewish mathematician, astronomer, grammarian and physician in Mantua.[1]

Work

Finzi's astronomical tables were published under the title Luḥot, probably before 1480.[2] He wrote glosses to Efodi's Hebrew grammar, Ḥesheb ha-Efod.

He also translated a number of mathematical books into Hebrew, such as a work of geometry under the title Ḥokmat ha-Medidah, and the Book of Algebra of Abu Kamil under the title Taḥbulat ha-Mispar.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Moritz. Steinschneider. Zur Geschichte der Uebersetzungen aus dem Indischen ins Arabische und ihres Einflusses auf die arabische Literatur; insbesondere über die Mondstationen (Naxatra) und daraufbezügliche Loosbücher. Berichtigungen, Zusätze und Index zu Band XVIIl und XXIV. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 25. 1871. 378–428.
  2. Finzi.
  3. Mathematics.

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