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According to the Bible, Gershom (גֵּרְשֹׁם Gēršōm, "a sojourner there"; Latin: Gersam) was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. [1] The name means "a stranger there" in Hebrew, ( גר שם ger sham ), which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt.
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 University of Jerusalem .
Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960–1040) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom") and also commonly known to scholars of Rabbinic Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah ("Our teacher Gershom the light of the exile"), was a famous Talmudist and Halakhist.
Gershom Bader (August 21, 1868 – November 11, 1953) was a Jewish Galician-American writer, journalist, and playwright who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish. Life [ edit ]
Gershom is a Hebrew given name, and was the firstborn son of Moses. Gershom may also refer to: Gershom ben Judah (c. 960 -1040? -1028?), Rabbeinu Gershom; Gershom Browne (1898–2000) Gershom Bulkeley (1636–1721), Christian minister and physician; Gershom Carmichael (1672–1729), Church of Scotland minister; Gershom Cox (1863–1918 ...
According to the Torah, Gershon (Hebrew: גֵּרְשׁוֹן Gērǝšôn) was the eldest of the sons of Levi, [1] and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times.
Gershom ben Solomon Kohen (died c. 1544 [a]) (also known as Gershon ben Solomon Cohen [4] and Gershom Kohen Katz [5] [b]) was among the first printers of Hebrew books in Prague. He was the founder of the Gersonides, a dynasty of Ashkenazi Jewish printers. [ 6 ]
'Work of the Chariot') is a Hebrew-language Jewish mystical text dating from the Gaonic period that comprises a collection of hymns recited by the "descenders" and heard during their ascent. It is part of the tradition of Merkabah mysticism and the Hekhalot literature. The text was first edited by Gershom Scholem (1965). [1]