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Raphael Levi Hannover (1685 – May 17, 1779) was a German Jewish mathematician and astronomer. The son of Jacob Joseph, Hannover was born at Weikersheim, Franconia in 1685. He was educated at the Jewish school of Hanover and at the yeshivah of Frankfurt am Main, and became bookkeeper in the firm of Simon Wolf Oppenheimer in Hanover.[1] Here he attracted the attention of Leibniz, and for a number of years was one of his most distinguished pupils and lived by him for three years (including last secretary),[2][3] and afterward teacher of mathematics, astronomy, and natural philosophy. He also corresponded with Moses Mendelssohn.[2]

Raphael Levi Hannover wrote: "Luḥot ha-'Ibbur," astronomical tables for the Jewish calendar;[4] "Tekunat ha-Shamayim," on astronomy and calendar-making, especially commenting on the Talmudical passages on these topics, with glosses of Moses Tiktin.[5] An enlarged revision of the latter work, with two other astronomical works of his, is in manuscript. The "Luḥot ha-'Ibbur" has been published with M. E. Fürth's "Yir'at Shamayim," on Maimonides' "Yad," Ḳiddush ha-Ḥodesh.[6] He died in Hanover in 1779.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

• Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 362;
• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2127;
• Zeitlin, Bibl. Post-Mendels, p. 135;
• Orient, 1846, pp. 256 et seq.;
• Blogg, Sefer ha-Ḥayyim, p. 324, Hanover, 1867, where a copy of Hannover's epitaph is given.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Hannover, Raphael Levi". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

Further reading

• Brown, Jeremy (2013). "The Eighteenth Century: Jews and Copernicus in the Newtonian Era". New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 144–167. ISBN 978-0-19-975479-3.

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[de] Rafael Levi

Rafael Levi (auch: Raphael[1] oder Rafael Levi Hannover; * 1685 in Weikersheim; † 17. Mai 1779 in Hannover) war ein deutscher Mathematiker und Astronom. Der jüdische Gelehrte und Schüler von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz war zugleich ein moderner Wissenschaftler und – außergewöhnlich für die damalige Zeit – außerhalb der jüdischen Gemeinde als „edler Jude“ geschätzt.[2]

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- [en] Raphael Levi Hannover

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[ru] Леви Ганновер, Рафаил

Рафаил Леви Ганновер (нем. Rafael Levi; ивр. ‏רפאל לוי‏‎; 1685 год - 17 мая 1779 год) — немецкий математик, астроном и философ еврейского происхождения.

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