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Also Known As Efodi • Efod • Isaac ben Moses ha-Levi
Born c.1350 • France
Died c.1415 • Perpignan?
Subjects Of Study Hebrew language • grammar
Elijah Bokher Levita
Italian grammarian
David Kimhi
European scholar
Ibn Janāḥ
Spanish-Jewish grammarian
Moses Kimhi
European scholar
Lorenzo Valla
Italian humanist
Reuchlin, Johannes
Johannes Reuchlin
German humanist
Dunash Ben Labrat
Hebrew poet
Wilhelm Gesenius
German biblical critic
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Joseph Kimhi
European grammarian
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Ienăchiƫă Văcărescu
Romanian author
John Locke
John Locke
English philosopher
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American linguist
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
German-American philosopher
Gottlob Frege
Gottlob Frege
German mathematician and philosopher

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