Mordechai Finzi

Mordechai ben Abraham Finzi (Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם פינצי, c. 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]

References

1. Steinschneider, Moritz (1871). "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: 378–428.
2.  Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Finzi". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
3.  Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Mathematics". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.